Approach and Withdraw

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Approach

Approach verb - To come near or nearer.
Usage example: the parade's approaching! I can hear the band playing!
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Withdraw is an antonym for approach.
Nearby Words: approaching, approachable, approached

Withdraw

Withdraw verb - To move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable).
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Approach is an antonym for withdraw.
Nearby Words: withdrawn, withdrawal, withdrawing, withdrawable
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Common collocations

attack approach attack withdraw attack
location approach location withdraw location
game approach game withdraw game
planet approach planet withdraw planet
Other words: times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Know When to Fold 'Em In Island at War, British forces withdraw from an indefensible fictional Channel Island at the approach of the German invasion, without bothering to officially surrender, leaving the civilian population to attack and Nazi occupation.
    Source: Know When to Fold 'Em
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Withdraw and Approach. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/approach/withdraw
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