withdrew
with-DROO/wɪðˈdɹuː/
- 1Past tense of withdraw.
The general withdrew his troops from the border region overnight.
After the scandal broke, the senator withdrew her support for the bill.
Note
An irregular past built like draw, drew, drawn. The simple past stands alone (she withdrew her offer), but perfect constructions with have need the participle withdrawn, so write "she had withdrawn," never "had withdrew." Every sense of the verb carries over unchanged: a reader withdrew her eyes from the page, and in older prose a hand withdrew a curtain or veil aside.
withdrew is a form of withdraw
withdraw, verb: To take money out of a bank account or other financial deposit. Full entry
- Forms
- withdrawwithdraws he/she/itwithdrawing -ing formwithdrew past tensewithdrawn past participle
- Spelling
- withdraw → withdrew: irregular (no -ed)
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