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clawed back

clawed back is the simple past and past participle of claw back.

Meaning of claw back

Verb

claw back (third-person singular simple present claws back, present participle clawing back, simple past and past participle clawed back)

  1. (transitive) To recover or retake, with great effort, something that was lost, often by a government or official agency.
    • I was initially refused a refund, but eventually managed to claw back part of the money.

Questions about clawed back

What is clawed back the simple past and past participle of?
Clawed back is the simple past and past participle of claw back.

Words near clawed back in the dictionary

  1. clawbacks
  2. clawbed
  3. clawbeds
  4. clawed
  5. clawed away
  6. clawed back
  7. clawed frog
  8. clawed frogs
  9. clawed off
  10. clawedness
  11. clawer

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