- 1[transitive] retract something (formal) to say that something you have said earlier is not true or correct, or that you did not mean it He made a false confession, which he later retracted. They tried to persuade me to retract my words.
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- 2[transitive] retract something (formal) to refuse to keep an agreement, a promise, etc. to retract an offer
- 3[intransitive, transitive] (technology) to move back into the main part of something; to pull something back into the main part of something The animal retracted into its shell. The landing gear failed to retract. retract something The landing gear was fully retracted.
retract
verbNAmE//rɪˈtrækt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they retract he / she / it retracts
past simple retracted
-ing form retracting
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