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claw back

verb

  1. to get back (something) with difficulty
  2. to recover (a sum of money), esp by taxation or a penalty
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the recovery of a sum of money, esp by taxation or a penalty
  2. the sum so recovered
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Trump officials are hoping to claw back incentives from President Biden’s landmark climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, geared toward energy innovation and efficiency.

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The Andersons try to claw back some sense of normality by attending their second home — church.

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In the future, the governor has proposed attaching further strings to state homeless funds, including the ability to “claw back” distributed funds when local governments haven’t made enough progress on solving the crisis.

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The first Trump administration tried to claw back roughly $1 billion promised by Obama.

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My husband was suing to claw back excess fees charged to active-duty military members, and targeting financial services companies that prey on folks with low credit scores.

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