verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
relive/recapture your youth (= do things you did when young, to try and experience youth again )
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The band’s fans are clearly reliving their youth.
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The sports car is an attempt to recapture his youth.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
try
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None of the women doubted that Chechen fighters would try to recapture Grozny.
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If you are going grey, don't try to recapture the dark brown you were 20 years ago.
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I just wanted to open the throttle, get out of town and try to recapture some of that Misano magic.
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Now he is trying to recapture his old swing having attempted a Faldo-type swing refit which hasn't worked.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His book recaptures the excitement of life in the Old West.
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Nine of the fugitives were later recaptured.
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The prisoners were recaptured a few hours after their escape.
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Viet Cong forces quickly recaptured the soldiers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lot depends on whether Democrats recapture a majority in the Senate.
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Both have escaped and been recaptured since the Strangeways riot.
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By then D day was history, and the Allies had recaptured Paris.
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It was sixteen years since Wycliffe's last case in the town and he was recapturing the atmosphere of the place.
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Later the slave was recaptured and sentenced to die in the arena facing a wild beast.
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Would we have heard, down here in the pianura, if he had been recaptured or killed?
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You are recapturing the spirit and power that is integral to the freedom of the life you have chosen.