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back figurative [phrasal verb] [M] - to obtain possession of (something) again with difficulty, or (esp. UK) (of a government) to take back (money) in one way that has already been given in another wayThe airline is beginning to claw back some of the business it lost after the bomb explosion.(esp. UK) We got a grant from the government to help set up our business, but they clawed it all back again in taxes. [M]