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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | draw back, move back, pull away, pull back, recede, retreat, withdraw |
| Type of | go, locomote, move, travel |
| Has types | retrograde, retreat, back up, back off, fall back, back down |
| Verb group | back out, withdraw, crawfish, back away, retreat, pull in one's horns, pull back, crawfish out |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, sack out, turn in |
| Has types | bunk down, bed down |
retire::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | step down, resign, leave office, quit |
| Has types | superannuate, bow out, withdraw |
| Derivation | retiree, retirement |
He retired at age 68.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | displace, terminate, dismiss, can, send away, sack, give notice, give the axe, force out, give the sack, fire |
| Has types | superannuate |
The director was retired after the scandal.
retire::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | recall |
Examples of retire
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Campos, 70, bought the business 20 years ago and says he has no plans to retire.
From the thenewstribune.com
Hammond has handled the case the past three years but he will retire on Dec. 31.
From the news-journalonline.com
He was to retire after his 29th season as manager, and who figured he'd be back?
From the sfgate.com
McGuire originally planned to retire in September but is staying on temporarily.
From the stltoday.com
There are many options available that will make you enough money to retire with.
From the forbes.com
Instead, we have people who seem to be looking for a job there when they retire.
From the thisislondon.co.uk
He retired and when he wanted to come back he was advised that he should retire.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Mulally turned 66 in August, but he has given no hints that he will retire soon.
From the freep.com
Eligible workers can get up to $10,000 if they retire within the next two years.
From the tennessean.com
- Go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"
- Withdraw: pull back or move away or backward; "The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
- Withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds
- Adjourn: break from a meeting or gathering; "We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
- Make (someone) retire; "The director was retired after the scandal"
- Dispose of (something no longer useful or needed); "She finally retired that old coat"
- Retirement is the point where a person stops employment completely (or decides to leave the labor force if he or she is unemployed). A person may also semi-retire by reducing work hours. ...
- (Retirement (Beanie Baby)) The retirement of a Beanie Baby or a product from any line of Ty Inc., the manufacturer of Beanie Babies and other lines of collectibles, is its withdrawal from production. ...
- (Retired) Clients who are of legal age, stopped working and have withdrawn from one's occupation.
