withdraw

v

1. draw back or in, pull back or in, retract, abduce, Physiol. abduct, Dentistry. retrude; shrink back, recoil, start; take back, take off, recall; remove, subtract; move back, retire, recede, ebb, retrocede.

2. recant, disavow, unsay, disclaim, Inf. eat or swallow one's words; renege, back down or out of, bow out, bail out, pull out of, Inf. back away from or off on, Inf. cop out, Sl. fink out; back-pedal, shift-one's ground, Inf. flip-flop, about-face, do an about-face, change one's mind, tergiversate; apostatize, defect.

3. revoke, annul, disannul, nullify, void, declare null and void, cancel; rescind, repeal, dissolve, abolish, abrogate; reverse, override, overrule, set aside, quash, countermand, counterorder.

4. go apart, isolate oneself, secede, separate oneself; (all through drugs) Sl. freak out, tune out, turn off; rusticate, hibernate, estivate; leave, depart, decamp, take off, go off, go away, exit, take one's leave.

5. retreat, pull out, fall or draw back, give way, lose ground, take flight, flee, beat a retreat.

6. abdicate, resign; surrender, yield, hand over; bow out, drop out.

7.Often withdraw from

(usu. of drugs) abandon, give up, forgo, do or go without, stop using, quit, quit cold, go cold turkey, take the curé.