How do you use the word "withdraw" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "withdraw": You may as well withdraw from the club right away. I have to withdraw some cash from the bank.

Withdraw Meaning

/wɪðˈdɹɔː/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation.

verbTo draw or pull (something) away or back from its original position or situation., To remove (someone or (reflexive, archaic) oneself) from a position or situation; specifically (military), to remove (soldiers) from a battle or position where they are stationed.

Sentence Examples

You may as well withdraw from the club right away.

I have to withdraw some cash from the bank.

You can withdraw up to £300 a day.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

retire retreat recede

Antonyms:

engage advance

CEFR Practice Quiz

Due to the sudden bank closure, customers must ____ their money from the accounts immediately.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I need to go to the bank to ____ some cash from my account before I go to the city center today.

Word Origin & History

PIE word *wí From Middle English withdrawen, withdrauen (“to depart, leave, move away; (reflexive) to go away; (reflexive) to leave someone’s service; (often reflexive) to draw back or retreat (from a battlefield or dangerous place), withdraw; to abandon, desert; to go, go forth; to move; of the sea, water, etc.: to (cause to) ebb, recede, subside; to disappear; to slacken, wane; (often reflexive) to cease, stop; to desist, refrain; (reflexive) to go back on, recant; to avoid, eschew; to bring under control, contain, suppress; to curb, curtail; to delay, put off; to demur, refuse; to carry or take away, deprive of, remove; to contract, draw away or in, retract; to deny, refuse; to revoke; to withhold; to divert; to separate; to adopt, borrow, imitate”) [and other forms], from with- (prefix meaning ‘away; back’) + drawen, drauen (“to drag, pull, tow, tug, draw [and other senses]”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to drag, pull; to run”)); see further at with- and draw. The English word is analysable as with- + draw.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"VVhy vvithdravveſt thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy boſome." — 1653, David Dickson, “Psal[m] LXXIV. Maschil of Asaph.”, in A Brief Explication of the Other Fifty Psalmes, from Ps. 50. to Ps. 100, London: […] T[homas] R[atcliffe] & E[dward] M[ottershed] for Ralph Smith, […], →OCLC, page 169:

"Hovv counterfeit a coin they are vvho friends / Bear in their Superſcription (of the moſt / I vvould be underſtood) in proſperous days / They ſvvarm, but in adverſe vvithdravv their head / Not to be found, though ſought." — 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 19, lines 190–194:

"["]She was as proud as t' other in her way," said the old woman, touching the face of her daughter fearfully, and withdrawing her hand, "for all she's so quiet now; but she'll shame 'em with her good looks, yet. Ha, ha! She'll shame 'em, will my handsome daughter!"" — 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, “After a Lapse”, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 587:

"Envy not! for thou wilt wear / In the dark a shroud as fair; / Golden with the sunny ray / Thou withdrawest from my day; […]" — 1865, Jean Ingelow, “A Dead Year”, in Poems, author’s edition, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, page 106:

"Thou neuer vvithdrevvſt thy ſelfe and vvert ſolitarie, but my Spyrite vvas reproouing and diſputing vvith thee." — 1593, Tho[mas] Nashe, Christs Teares Over Ierusalem. […], London: […] Iames Roberts, and are to be solde by Andrewe Wise, […], →OCLC, folio 24, recto:

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