Withdraws

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Brandan,
We all miss it when it stops. Watching some tapes of games or live games on TV, writing on the forum, studying some rules and case book plays, officiating another sport, or just plain taking a break are good things to do in the interim.

PS I thought you might like to start passing the time by learning a little vocab. The word you intended to use as a title for this thread is withdrawal, not withdraw. Here are the two definitions:

Main Entry: with·draw·al

Pronunciation: -'dro(-&)l
Function: noun
1 a : the act of taking back or away something that has been granted or possessed b : removal from a place of deposit or investment c (1) : the discontinuance of administration or use of a drug (2) : the syndrome of often painful physical and psychological symptoms that follows discontinuance of an addicting drug

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Main Entry: with·draw

Pronunciation: wi[th]-'dro, with-
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): with·drew /-'drü/; with·drawn /-'dron/; with·draw·ing /-'dro(-)i[ng]/
Etymology: Middle English, from with from + drawen to draw
transitive senses
1 a : to take back or away : REMOVE b : to remove from use or cultivation c : to remove (money) from a place of deposit d : to turn away (as the eyes) from an object of attention e : to draw (as a curtain) back or aside
2 a : to remove from consideration or set outside a group b (1) : TAKE BACK, RETRACT (2) : to recall or remove (a motion) under parliamentary procedure