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rewin

American  
[ree-win] / riˈwɪn /

verb (used with object)

rewon, rewinning
  1. to win back or again.


Etymology

Origin of rewin

First recorded in 1600–10; re- + win 1

Example Sentences

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“We’re every day trying to rewin that business.”

From Washington Post Dec. 13, 2013

He referred the army to the neglect which it had received at the hands of former governments, and promised that the soldiery of France should rewin its ancient renown.

From Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century Great Deeds of Men and Nations and the Progress of the World by Ridpath, John Clark

In the ambush at Oriskany Gilbert was wounded, lost some of his friends, but found when he returned that he had rewon his wife's love.

From Time Magazine Archive

The essence of his conclusions: Burma cannot be rewon by arms alone; the Burmese people must first be won, and they can only be won if British political strategy in the Far East is improved.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the East, Governor Al Smith has a claim because he rewon his state by 100,000 votes and ran some 900,000 ahead of Davis.

From Time Magazine Archive

She kept the title until 1912 and then, though "they never come back," rewon it in 1919.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perry, by opening the way for Harrison, rewon the Northwest for the United States because he sagaciously upheld the doctrine of Napoleon that "war cannot be waged without running risks."

From The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 by Paine, Ralph Delahaye

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