claw back
phrasal verbclaw something back
to get something back that you have lost, usually by using a lot of effort 设法捞回；费力地挽回 The company is trying to claw back its share of the market. 公司正在努力挽回失去的市场份额。 Newcastle managed to claw a goal back. 纽卡斯尔设法扳回一球。
(of a government 政府 to get back money that has been paid to people, usually by taxing them （常通过税收手段）收回（已支付给民众的钱款） The Chancellor is expected to claw back £2.8 billion in the budget. 预计财政大臣将收回预算中的 28 亿英镑。