"one swallow of the liquid was enough"; "he took a drink of his beer and smacked his lips"
"a sup of ale"
"The Nazis swallowed the Baltic countries"
"She swallowed the last words of her speech"
"I swallowed my anger and kept quiet"
"Am I supposed to swallow that story?"
"I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
"swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
"The huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly thereafter"
"He swallowed his words"
"We adjourned for lunch"; "The men retired to the library"
"He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"
"I want to disengage myself from his influence"; "disengage the gears"
"She drew $2,000 from the account"; "The doctors drew medical supplies from the hospital's emergency bank"
"recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
"remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
"He retired from chess"
"he retired from life when his wife died"
"The enemy withdrew"; "The limo pulled away from the curb"
"We'll have to crawfish out from meeting with him"; "He backed out of his earlier promise"; "The aggressive investment company pulled in its horns"
"He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"