English verb: win back | |||
| 1. | win back (competition) recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost | ||
| Samples | We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company. He got back his son from the kidnappers. | ||
| Synonyms | get back | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquire, get | ||