Withdraw
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

EBB
The outward flow of the tide

OPT
Select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"

4 letters

QUIT
Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"

WEAN
Gradually deprive (infants and young mammals) of mother's milk; "she weaned her baby when he was 3 months old and started him on powdered milk"; "The kitten was weaned and fed by its owner with a bottle"

CEDE
Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another

TAKE
Engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"

DRAW
A golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer; "he took lessons to cure his hooking"

5 letters

UNSAY
Take back what one has said; "He swallowed his words"

ALOOF
Remote in manner; "stood apart with aloof dignity"; "a distant smile"; "he was upstage with strangers"

6 letters

RECUSE
Challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law

REVOKE
The mistake of not following suit when able to do so

CALLIN
Summon to a particular activity or employment; "Experts were called in"

RECALL
A bugle call that signals troops to return

RECANT
Formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure; "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion"; "She abjured her beliefs"

CRYOFF

RECOIL
A movement back from an impact

BOWOUT
Remove oneself from an obligation; "He bowed out when he heard how much work was involved"

REMOVE
Cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

RECEDE
Become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"

RETIRE
Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

SECEDE
Withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away"

BOWOUT

7 letters

RETRACT
Pull away from a source of disgust or fear

ADJOURN
Close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"

RETREAT
(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat; "the disorderly retreat of French troops"

EXTRACT
A solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water)

SECLUDE
Keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

BACKOUT
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

SWALLOW
Engulf and destroy; "The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"

DRAWOFF
Remove by drawing or pulling; "She placed the tray down and drew off the cloth"; "draw away the cloth that is covering the cheese"

TAKEOUT
Prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises; "in England they call takeout food `takeaway'"

PULLOUT
Remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense; "pull weeds"; "extract a bad tooth"; "take out a splinter"; "extract information from the telegram"

DROPOUT

8 letters

CALLBACK
Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"

PULLBACK
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

DRAWBACK
The quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan"

MOVEBACK
Pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

PULLAWAY
Pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"

TAKEBACK
Bring back to the point of departure

TAKEAWAY
The act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass)

CRAWFISH
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

BACKAWAY
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

9 letters

SEQUESTER
Set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

DISENGAGE
Free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the cluttered floor"

11 letters

SEQUESTRATE
Set apart from others; "The dentist sequesters the tooth he is working on"

CRAWFISHOUT
Make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity; "We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"

15 letters

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