Meaning Of The Word Claw back

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claw back
phrasal verb: If a government claws back money, it finds a way of taking money back from people that it gave money to in another way.
phrasal verb: If someone claws back some of the money or power they had lost, they get some of it back again.

claw back in British English
to get back (something) with difficulty
noun: the recovery of a sum of money, esp by taxation or a penalty

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