CLAW YOUR WAY BACK, INTO STH, OUT OF STH, TO STH, ETC.


Meaning of CLAW YOUR WAY BACK, INTO STH, OUT OF STH, TO STH, ETC. in English

to gradually achieve sth or move somewhere by using a lot of determination and effort :

She clawed her way to the top of her profession.

Slowly, he clawed his way out from under the collapsed building.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.