prepare for sleep | make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity |
cause to get out | move to a rearward position; pull towards the back |
cause to be out on a fielding play | stretch back a bowstring (on an archer's bow) |
lose interest | use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ) |
pull back or move away or backward | pull back or move away or backward |
dispose of (something no longer useful or needed) | |
break from a meeting or gathering | |
go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position | |
withdraw from active participation | |
make (someone) retire | |
withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds | |