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claw back

claw back
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [klaw bak]
    • /klɔ bæk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [klaw bak]
    • /klɔ bæk/

Definitions of claw back words

  • phrasal verb claw back If someone claws back some of the money or power they had lost, they get some of it back again. 3
  • phrasal verb claw back If a government claws back money, it finds a way of taking money back from people that it gave money to in another way. 3
  • verb claw back to get back (something) with difficulty 3
  • verb claw back to recover (a sum of money), esp by taxation or a penalty 3
  • noun claw back the recovery of a sum of money, esp by taxation or a penalty 3
  • noun claw back the sum so recovered 3
See all 9 definitions of claw back

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Parts of speech for Claw back

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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claw back popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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