verb 1. to take or move out or back, or to remove
This credit card allows you to withdraw up to £200 a day from cash dispensers. [T]
There's been a lot of debate about whether the UN should withdraw its troops from
the country. [T]
Eleven million bottles of water had to be withdrawn from sale due to a health scare. [T]
Once in court, he withdrew the statement he'd made to the police (=he claimed it
was false). [T]
All charges against them were withdrawn after the prosecution's case collapsed. [T]
BRITISH By withdrawing their labour (=stopping work), the workers showed they were
unwilling to accept wage cuts. [T]
After lunch, we withdrew into her office to finish our discussion in private. [I]
ESPECIALLY BRITISH The team captain was forced to withdraw from the match due to injury. [I]
Following his nervous breakdown, he withdrew from public life and refused to give any
interviews. [I]
Many students in the US are now tending to withdraw from college in their junior year and
are applying to study abroad. [I]
FIGURATIVE As a child, she frequently withdrew into her own fantasy world. [I]
2. (figurative) If you withdraw (into yourself), you become quiet and shy in the company of
other people.
After the accident, he withdrew (into himself) and refused to talk to either his family
or friends.