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  • 51withdraw your labour —    to go on strike    Trade union jargon. It could simply mean to go home or to change your employment …

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  • 52withdraw — to leave or move away from an unsatisfactory or dangerous situation (withdrawal) …

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  • 53withdraw from — to leave or move away from an unsatisfactory or dangerous situation (withdrawal) …

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  • 54withdraw — verb (past withdrew; past participle withdrawn) 1》 remove or take away.     ↘take (money) out of an account. 2》 leave or cause to leave a place or situation.     ↘cease to participate in an activity or be a member of a team or organization.… …

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  • 55withdraw — I. v. a. 1. Remove, subduct, subduce, subtract, take away, draw out, draw back. 2. Wean, disengage, draw off. 3. Retract, recall, recant, disavow, revoke, abjure, take back. II. v. n. Retire, retreat, secede, depart, decamp, go away, be off, go… …

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  • 56withdraw — verb 1) she withdrew her hand from his Syn: remove, extract, pull out, take out; take back, take away Ant: insert 2) the ban on advertising was withdrawn Syn: abolish …

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  • 57withdraw — with·draw …

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  • 58withdraw — verb 1) she withdrew her hand from his Syn: remove, extract, pull out, take out, take back 2) the ban on advertising was withdrawn Syn: abolish, cancel, lift, set aside, end, stop …

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  • 59withdraw — To take away what has been enjoyed; to take from. To remove, as deposits from bank, or oneself from competition, candidacy, etc. See also withdrawal …

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  • 60withdraw — v. (past withdrew; past part. withdrawn) 1 tr. pull or take aside or back (withdrew my hand). 2 tr. discontinue, cancel, retract (withdrew my support; the promise was later withdrawn). 3 tr. remove; take away (withdrew the child from school;… …

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