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)] 2. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for claw 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] |
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