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"withdraw" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often retreat (7 letters).
Definitions
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract
Word origin
From Middle English withdrawe (“act of stopping a judicial proceeding”), from withdrawen, withdrauen (verb): see etymology 1.
Used in a sentence
“VVhy vvithdravveſt thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy boſome.”
“Hovv counterfeit a coin they are vvho friends / Bear in their Superſcription (of the moſt / I vvould be underſtood) in proſperous days / They ſvvarm, but in adverſe vvithdravv their head / Not to be found, though ſought.”
“Envy not! for thou wilt wear / In the dark a shroud as fair; / Golden with the sunny ray / Thou withdrawest from my day; […]”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Retreat”8 letters
02“Pull back”8 letters
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