If the government, for example, claws back money, it takes money back in one way that it has already given in another way:
Clawed
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Having a curved pointed horny nail on each digit.
Clawed meaning & definition 1 of Clawed.
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Adjective. [claw]
To have [a hangover] from drinking [White Claw].
Clawed meaning & definition 2 of Clawed.
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A clawed creature has claws (= the sharp curved nails at the end of some animals toes, or the pointed parts at the end of some insects legs) :
Clawed meaning & definition 3 of Clawed.
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