to get possession of something again with difficulty:

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/267273/clawed-sth-backRSS for NodeSat, 06 Jun 2026 07:33:40 GMTWed, 23 Feb 2022 08:27:07 GMT60If the government, for example, claws back money, it takes money back in one way that it has already given in another way:

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