english
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noun
sharp nails:
The claws on a bear can kill you.
Simple Definitions
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noun ADJ. sharp a cat with sharp claws | powerful, strong VERB + CLAW sharpen | dig, sink The tiger dug its claws into his leg. | show The lion growled and showed its claws. | retract CLAW + NOUN mark PREP. in sb's ~s The cat held a bird in its claws.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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claw sth back
[ M ]
1. to get possession of something again with difficulty
• The airline is beginning to claw back some of the business it lost after the bomb explosion., claw sth back
[ M ]
2. mainly UK If the government, for example, claws back money, it takes money back in one way that it has already given in another way
• We got a government grant for setting up our business, but they clawed it all back again in taxes.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs