claw back

verb

1. to get back (something) with difficulty

2. to recover (a sum of money), esp by taxation or a penalty

noun

1. the recovery of a sum of money, esp by taxation or a penalty

2. the sum so recovered

Example Sentences

The guidance raise is another “encouraging sign” given that department stores in general have struggled to drive store traffic and claw back market share in an uncertain macroeconomic environment, wrote Dana Telsey, CEO of Telsey Advisory Group.

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Hoping to claw back some of the money, Mr Rushe was conned out of another £20,000.

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Ultimately, the decision to buy a home should be taken after careful consideration, especially as you will have to live in it for five years, which is a widely accepted rule of thumb, if you want to claw back those selling costs.

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Congress, however, that would claw back federal protections, including one that would delist wolves as endangered nationwide, she said.

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In Lansing specifically, one of the city’s two General Motors assembly plants received a $500 million grant under the Biden-era law, which Republicans in Congress, including Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich., the district’s incumbent, voted to claw back.

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