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withdrew
verb as in remove something or someone from situation
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He withdrew his hand and sat up straight, grinning.
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Shyly, Beowulf withdrew the cannibal book from the folds of his toga and handed it to Penelope.
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Overwhelming firepower dislodged them in June, but the militants blew the bridge connecting the two settlements as they withdrew -- using so much dynamite that there was barely a scrap left to scavenge.
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Mr Black withdrew his resignation but was fired three days later.
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Chobani, the Greek yogurt company, planned to go public a few years ago and withdrew its offering.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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