Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

17 PREP You use with when making a comparison or contrast between the situations of different people or things. □  We're not like them. It's different with us. □  Sometimes I'm busy and sometimes I'm not. It's the same with most jobs.

18 PREP If something increases or decreases with a particular factor, it changes as that factor changes. □  The reason your heart rate increases with exercise is to meet the demands for more oxygen. □  Blood pressure decreases with exercise.

19 PREP If something moves with a wind or current, it moves in the same direction as the wind or current. □  …a piece of driftwood carried down with the current.

20 PREP If someone says that they are with you, they mean that they understand what you are saying. [INFORMAL ] □  Yes, I know who you mean. Yes, now I'm with you. □  I'm not with you. Tell me what you mean.

21 PREP If someone says that they are with you, they mean that they support or approve of what you are doing. □  'I'm with you all the way.'—'Thank you.'

with|draw ◆◆◇ /w I ðdrɔː / (withdraws , withdrawing , withdrew , withdrawn )

1 VERB If you withdraw something from a place, you remove it or take it away. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] He reached into his pocket and withdrew a sheet of notepaper. □ [V n + from ] Cassandra withdrew her hand from Roger's.

2 VERB When groups of people such as troops withdraw or when someone withdraws them, they leave the place where they are fighting or where they are based and return nearer home. □ [V ] He stated that all foreign forces would withdraw as soon as the crisis ended. □ [V n + from ] Unless Hitler withdrew his troops from Poland by 11 o'clock that morning, a state of war would exist between Great Britain and Germany. □ [V + from ] Troops withdrew from the north east of the country last March. [Also V + to ]

3 VERB If you withdraw money from a bank account, you take it out of that account. □ [V n] Open a savings account that does not charge ridiculous fees to withdraw money. □ [V n + from ] They withdrew 100 dollars from a bank account after checking out of their hotel.

4 VERB If you withdraw from an activity or organization, you stop taking part in it. □ [V + from ] The African National Congress threatened to withdraw from the talks. [Also V ]

5 VERB If you withdraw a remark or statement that you have made, you say that you want people to ignore it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] He withdrew his remarks and explained what he had meant to say. SYNONYMS withdraw VERB 1

remove:He went to the refrigerator and removed a bottle of juice.

take away:They're going to take my citizenship away.

extract:He extracted a small notebook from his hip pocket.

pull out:They have pulled out patients' teeth unnecessarily.

with|draw|al ◆◇◇ /w I ðdrɔː əl/ (withdrawals )

1 N‑VAR The withdrawal of something is the act or process of removing it, or ending it. [FORMAL ] □ [+ of ] Sometimes the withdrawal of a particular stress can bring on anxiety.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Someone's withdrawal from an activity or an organization is their decision to stop taking part in it. □ [+ from ] …his withdrawal from government in 1946.

3 N‑COUNT A withdrawal is an amount of money that you take from your bank account.