Definitions for withdrew

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withdrew with·drew

Spelling: [with-droo, with-]

IPA: /wɪðˈdru, wɪθ-/

Withdrew is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in withdrew (dehirtww).

Definitions for withdrew

verb

1. simple past tense of withdraw.

verb (used with object)

1. to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove:
2. to retract or recall:
3. to cause (a person) to undergo withdrawal from addiction to a substance.

verb (used without object)

1. to go or move back, away, or aside; retire; retreat:
2. to remove oneself from some activity, competition, etc.:
3. to cease using or consuming an addictive narcotic (followed by from):
4. Parliamentary Procedure. to remove an amendment, motion, etc., from consideration.

Origin of withdrew

First recorded in 1175-1225, withdraw is from the Middle English word withdrawen. See with-, draw

Examples for withdrew

These troubles in the Church so powerfully affected them that they withdrew.

After his explanation Hank withdrew to the darkest corner of the room and was silent.

Many secular activists from the urban areas of Damascus or Aleppo withdrew long ago, sickened by what the uprising was becoming.

But McCrum withdrew his name in 2010, as the prolonged nomination process stalled his law practice.

She withdrew, and presently came back with a note which she despatched to Mauburn.

And leaning upon my Hannah's arm, withdrew to my own apartment.

On Friday, Warners withdrew the claim and YouTube put it back up.

I thanked her; and she withdrew to read them; saying, she would return them, when she had.

Other communist countries that withdrew their films and delegates included East Germany, Cuba, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.

By the morning of August 4th, the outgunned Peshmerga were running out of ammunition and withdrew from Sinjar district entirely.