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
• 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.