Sentence examples for claw back from inspiring English sources

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claw back

verb

To recover or retake, with great effort, something that was lost.

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It is not a "claw back" tax.

They just wanted to claw back".

"It's pretty extensive the ability to claw back," he said.

They must start to claw back ground at Davos.

To the Rangers' credit, they did claw back.

Once destroyed, this will be almost impossible to claw back.

Or claw back the goal difference between the two sides.

Science should claw back its 19th-century glamour.

On Wednesday, it announced plans to claw back bonuses to help pay for the latest settlement.

They want the BN to claw back most of what the party lost last time.

But Beyoncé, it seems, is determined to claw back some of her "Independent Women" audience.

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