re-claim
Americanverb (used with object)
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to claim or demand the return or restoration of, as a right, possession, etc.
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to claim again.
Etymology
Origin of re-claim
Example Sentences
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She tries to beat her defender but Arsenal easily re-claim the ball and begin building out from the back once again.
From BBC • Mar. 5, 2024
Nowitzki would later re-claim the No. 6 spot by passing Wilt Chamberlain.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2023
Tonight, Senator Rand Paul will re-claim his spot on the debate stage.
From Time • Jan. 28, 2016
They had to try to re-claim rights in the name from some other prior user of “Haulin’ Oats” before they could attack Early Bird.
From Forbes • Mar. 10, 2015
He was anxious to re-claim acquaintance, but though civil she was not effusive.
From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh
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