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单词 claw back
释义
claw back
1. phrasal verb
If someone claws back some of the money or power they had lost, they get some of it back again. [British]
They will eventually be able to claw back all or most of the debt. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
In the meantime his generals will want to claw back some of their old influence. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If a government claws back money, it finds a way of taking money back from people that it gave money to in another way. [British]
The Chancellor will try to claw back £3.5 billion in next year's Budget. [VERB PARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
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