win back

win back
verb
recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost (Freq. 2)
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We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company

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He got back his son from the kidnappers

Syn: ↑get back
Hypernyms: ↑get, ↑acquire
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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ˌwin ˈback [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they win back he/she/it wins back present participle winning back past tense won back past participle won back] phrasal verb
to get back something that you have lost

We hope to win back the trophy we lost last year.

She tried hard to win back his trust.

Thesaurus: to get something backsynonym
Main entry: win

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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