5 PREP If you do something with a particular tool, object, or substance, you do it using that tool, object, or substance. □ Remove the meat with a fork and divide it among four plates. □ Doctors are treating him with the drug AZT.
6 PREP If someone stands or goes somewhere with something, they are carrying it. □ A man came round with a tray of chocolates.
7 PREP Someone or something with a particular feature or possession has that feature or possession. □ He was in his early forties, tall and blond with bright blue eyes. □ Someone with an income of $34,895 can afford this loan.
8 PREP Someone with an illness has that illness. □ I spent a week in bed with flu.
9 PREP If something is filled or covered with a substance or with things, it has that substance or those things in it or on it. □ His legs were caked with dried mud. □ They sat at a Formica table cluttered with dirty tea cups.
10 PREP If you are, for example, pleased or annoyed with someone or something, you have that feeling towards them. □ He was still a little angry with her. □ I am happy with that decision.
11 PREP You use with to indicate what a state, quality, or action relates to, involves, or affects. □ Our aim is to allow student teachers to become familiar with the classroom. □ He still has a serious problem with money. □ Depression lowers the human ability to cope with disease.
12 PREP You use with when indicating the way that something is done or the feeling that a person has when they do something. □ …teaching her to read music with skill and sensitivity. □ He agreed, but with reluctance.
13 PREP You use with when indicating a sound or gesture that is made when something is done, or an expression that a person has on their face when they do something. □ With a sigh, she leant back and closed her eyes. □ The front door closed with a crash behind him.
14 PREP You use with to indicate the feeling that makes someone have a particular appearance or type of behaviour. □ Gil was white and trembling with anger. □ I felt sick to my stomach with sadness for them.
15 PREP You use with when mentioning the position or appearance of a person or thing at the time that they do something, or what someone else is doing at that time. □ Joanne stood with her hands on the sink, staring out the window. □ Michelle had fallen asleep with her head against his shoulder.
16 PREP You use with to introduce a current situation that is a factor affecting another situation. □ With all the courses available, there is no excuse for not getting some training. □ With the win, the U.S. reclaimed the cup for the first time since 1985.
17 PREP You use with when making a comparison or contrast between the situations of different people or things. □ We're not like them. It's different with us. □ Sometimes I'm busy and sometimes I'm not. It's the same with most jobs.
18 PREP If something increases or decreases with a particular factor, it changes as that factor changes. □ The reason your heart rate increases with exercise is to meet the demands for more oxygen. □ Blood pressure decreases with exercise.
19 PREP If something moves with a wind or current, it moves in the same direction as the wind or current. □ …a piece of driftwood carried down with the current.
20 PREP If someone says that they are with you, they mean that they understand what you are saying. [INFORMAL ] □ Yes, I know who you mean. Yes, now I'm with you. □ I'm not with you. Tell me what you mean.
21 PREP If someone says that they are with you, they mean that they support or approve of what you are doing. □ 'I'm with you all the way.'—'Thank you.'
with|draw ◆◆◇ /w I ðdrɔː / (withdraws , withdrawing , withdrew , withdrawn )
1 VERB If you withdraw something from a place, you remove it or take it away. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] He reached into his pocket and withdrew a sheet of notepaper. □ [V n + from ] Cassandra withdrew her hand from Roger's.
2 VERB When groups of people such as troops withdraw or when someone withdraws them, they leave the place where they are fighting or where they are based and return nearer home. □ [V ] He stated that all foreign forces would withdraw as soon as the crisis ended. □ [V n + from ] Unless Hitler withdrew his troops from Poland by 11 o'clock that morning, a state of war would exist between Great Britain and Germany. □ [V + from ] Troops withdrew from the north east of the country last March. [Also V + to ]
3 VERB If you withdraw money from a bank account, you take it out of that account. □ [V n] Open a savings account that does not charge ridiculous fees to withdraw money. □ [V n + from ] They withdrew 100 dollars from a bank account after checking out of their hotel.
4 VERB If you withdraw from an activity or organization, you stop taking part in it. □ [V + from ] The African National Congress threatened to withdraw from the talks. [Also V ]
5 VERB If you withdraw a remark or statement that you have made, you say that you want people to ignore it. [FORMAL ] □ [V n] He withdrew his remarks and explained what he had meant to say. SYNONYMS withdraw VERB 1
remove: He went to the refrigerator and removed a bottle of juice.
take away: They're going to take my citizenship away.
extract: He extracted a small notebook from his hip pocket.
pull out: They have pulled out patients' teeth unnecessarily.