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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And I’d suggest that they go one step beyond “Believe” and re-claim the spirit of a previous club slogan that failed miserably the first time around: “Believe Big.”
From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2021
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
"In such circumstances we cannot see why the department would seek to re-claim the advance land purchase grant."
From BBC • May 23, 2012
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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