withdraw
Base form
withdraw
/wɪðˈdrɔː/
Past simple
withdrew
/wɪðˈdruː/
Past participle
withdrawn
/wɪðˈdrɔːn/
MeaningB2
to take money out, or pull out of something
to withdraw money from your bank account
In use
- After a modal verb · Form 1I must withdraw some cash before we get a taxi.
- Question · Form 1Did you withdraw the money from the cash machine?
- Past simple · Form 2Last week Tom withdrew from the race because of a knee injury.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday I withdrew two hundred pounds for the holiday.
- Passive · Form 3The product was withdrawn from shops after safety tests.
- Present perfect · Form 3Two players have withdrawn from the team this week.
Watch out
Withdrew and withdrawn follow draw: withdrawed and withdrewn are wrong. Withdrawn is also an adjective: a quiet, withdrawn child.
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