to claw
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5.0
- verb
- /klɔː/
- We can claw right back
- claw one's way
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I just don't know how Arby's has continued to claw its way.
- And I just don't know how Arby's has continued to claw its way.
- And so instead, the government is trying to claw back control, going after dissidents.
- And now whoa, like you've got to rebuild and claw your way back.
- You know, that we all do as writers trying to claw and stay and and gain ground and lose ground.
- And this sets Shift up to be a potentially massive growth company as long as it can claw market share.
- But you know, we fight and argue and scratch and claw and chop the chop the jungle away and make it happen.
- I think there's, quite frankly, I think they're actually starting to pull back or claw back some of that share from from TikTok.
- People fight claw for territory, Kingdom building.
- We always have like these epic downfalls and then I we claw back to I'm I have epic downfalls.
Examples
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And then I was clawing my way up out of the ground.
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Oh, the disappointed look on his face when I finally managed to claw my way out.
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The only way he'll get rid of me is to claw for me.
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And so instead, the government is trying to claw back control, going after dissidents.
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Any chance that Zach has to claw himself out of poverty?
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I scratched and clawed my way to you.
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We all run up the bank, slipping in the dirt and clawing for the top.
Fiction book (1992) -
They're relieved to see him clawing his way out of the pit.
Fiction book (1990) -
I had to claw my way all the way to the top, and as soon as you would get hot, they'd put out your fire, like a cigarette butt on asphalt.
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She tried to claw her way to safety as the waves crashed around her.
Synonyms
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1.0
To take hold of something quickly with your hand
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6.3
To feel for something with your hands when you cannot see
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6.2
To touch or handle roughly with your hands
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3.8
Pull at something with your fingers again and again, often nervously
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6.1
To pull lightly and repeatedly at something with your fingers
To feel around with your hands to find something in the dark
Antonyms
Idioms
- Literature
Act in a very fierce and aggressive way when trying to keep or get something
Compounds
- Specialized
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8.3
A plant or extract used as a medicine for inflammation and to help the immune system
- US
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9.1
A plant with pale flowers spotted purple and a long curved seed pod like a claw
- South African
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7.8
A plant from southern Africa whose root is used to reduce swelling and joint pain
A plant that lives one year with pale flowers marked with purple and a long curved seed pod
How Desperate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Claw in this sense comes from the old English clawu 'hook' and became a verb meaning to grab or pull like a hook. So to claw your way through a crowd or up a cliff is to pull and struggle forward as if with hooks.