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Phr V claw back claws, clawing, clawed claw back sth or claw sth back mainly British & Australian to work very hard in order to get back something that you had beforeThe airline is beginning to claw back some of the business it lost after the bomb scare.By the end of the match, Holdsworth had clawed two goals back for Newcastle United.
phraseclaw back1. claw back sth • claw sth back to gradually get back something that you had lost by working hard and in a very determined way: Through heavy advertising, the company managed to claw back its share of the market. Two months before the election, Yeltsin started to claw back the lead gained by his Communist rival.2. claw back sth • claw sth back BrE if a government or organization claws back money which it has spent, it finds a way of gradually getting it back: The government is attempting to claw back the budget deficit, which currently stands at $50 billion. Although he cut income tax, the Chancellor was able to claw back the money through hidden charges on investments and pensions.
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