- claw something back
- regain money, power, etc. laboriously and gradually.→ claw
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claw something back
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claw sth back — UK US claw (sth) back Phrasal Verb with claw({{}}/klɔː/ verb ► STOCK MARKET if a share price claws back, or claws back a particular amount, it slowly increases after it has gone down: »The firm clawed back 15p of Monday s 60p decline to reach… … Financial and business terms
ˌclaw sth ˈback — phrasal verb British to gradually get back something that you used to have but lost … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
claw — [klɔː ǁ klɒː] verb claw back phrasal verb 1. [transitive] claw something → back FINANCE if a company claws back shares, it takes back new shares that it had offered to its present shareholders, but they do not want to buy, and offers them to… … Financial and business terms
claw back — transitive verb ( s) chiefly Britain : to get back (as money) by strenuous or forceful means (as taxation) increases for farm spending … will have to be clawed back Economist • clawback ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ noun chiefly Britain * * * claw back [phrasal… … Useful english dictionary
claw — noun 1》 a curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals. ↘either of a pair of small hooked appendages on an insect s foot. 2》 the pincer of a crab, scorpion, or other arthropod. 3》 a mechanical… … English new terms dictionary
claw your way out of something — claw your way out of something/to something/back etc/ phrase to reach a particular place, situation, or state, as a result of great effort or despite great difficulties or opposition The West Indians had clawed their way back into the match.… … Useful english dictionary
claw your way to something — claw your way out of something/to something/back etc/ phrase to reach a particular place, situation, or state, as a result of great effort or despite great difficulties or opposition The West Indians had clawed their way back into the match.… … Useful english dictionary
claw your way back — claw your way out of something/to something/back etc/ phrase to reach a particular place, situation, or state, as a result of great effort or despite great difficulties or opposition The West Indians had clawed their way back into the match.… … Useful english dictionary
claw — claw1 [ klɔ ] noun count 1. ) usually plural the sharp curved part at the end of some animals toes, for example a cat 2. ) usually plural the sharp curved end of a front leg of an ocean creature such as a CRAB that it uses for holding things:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
