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Collocations for withdraw - verb

ADVERB

altogether, completely
immediately, instantly
abruptly, hastily, promptly, quickly, soon
She hastily withdrew her hand from his.
gradually, progressively (esp. BrE)
Forces will be progressively withdrawn.
temporarily
immediately
subsequently
eventually
formally
The US formally withdrew from the anti-ballistic missile treaty.
She formally withdrew her resignation.
unilaterally
the decision to unilaterally withdraw from the occupied territories
voluntarily

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VERB + withdraw

be forced to, be ordered to
The troops were forced to withdraw to their own borders.
He was forced to withdraw from the competition due to injury.
threaten to, wish to
choose to, decide to
persuade sb to
agree to
The government has agreed to withdraw its troops.
refuse to

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PREPOSITION

from
Two thousand troops were withdrawn from the battle zone.
They threatened to withdraw their support from the government.
in favour/favor of
He eventually withdrew in favour of Blair, thought to be the more popular candidate.
into
She withdrew into her own world.

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Withdraw is used with these nouns as the subject:
army, hand, troops

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Withdraw is used with these nouns as the object:
account, aid, allegation, ambassador, amendment, application, bid, bill, cash, charge, claim, consent, endorsement, force, fund, funding, hand, labour, money, needle, nomination, objection, offer, permission, privilege, proposal, remark, resignation, saving, sponsorship, statement, support, threat, troops

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