recaptureverb [ T ]
uk/ˌriːˈkæp.tʃər/us/-tʃɚ/to take something into your possession again, especially by force:
The army recaptured the town from the rebels.
If something recaptures a previous emotion or style, it makes you experience that emotion again or it repeats that style:
The film successfully recaptures the joyful style of the 1940s Hollywood musical.
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Capturing or taking possession of things
- -grabbing
- apprehend
- apprehension
- arrogate
- at bay idiom
- bag
- cage
- capture
- catch
- collar
- corner
- entangle
- get your claws into sb idiom
- get/lay/put your hands on sb idiom
- grab
- seize
- sequester
- snag
- snatch
- snatch at sth
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