撤回 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- dismiss verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
- lose verb To no longer have something you once had, whether by accident, carelessness, or misfortune.
- pull verb To apply force to something so it moves toward you.
- recant verb To formally take back a statement or belief you previously expressed, especially in public.
- retire verb To leave one's job permanently, usually after reaching a certain age.
- withdraw verb To take money out of a bank account.
- yank verb To pull something suddenly and forcefully.
Senses
撤回 is used for these senses in English:
- call it a day (idiomatic) To retire.
- dismiss (transitive, cricket) To get a batsman out.
- lose (transitive, informal) To shed, remove, discard, or eliminate.
- pull (transitive) To remove or withdraw (something), especially from public circulation or availability.
- pull out (also, figurative, intransitive) To withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat.
- recant (ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
- retire (intransitive) To stop working on a permanent basis, usually because of old age or illness.
- take back (transitive) To retract or withdraw (an earlier statement).
dismiss — full definition
- verb To fire someone from a job, or to formally end someone's employment.
- verb To refuse to take something seriously or to consider it worth thinking about.
- verb To tell someone they are free to leave.
lose — full definition
- verb To no longer have something you once had, whether by accident, carelessness, or misfortune.
- verb To fail to win a game, competition, or argument.
- verb To become unable to find your way, or to no longer be able to follow or track someone or something.
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