claw (sth) back
phrasal verb with claw verb uk/klɔː/ us
STOCK MARKET
if a share price claws back, or claws back a particular amount, it slowly increases after it has gone down:
The firm clawed back 15p of Monday's 60p decline to reach 397p.
The Mexican stock market clawed back from early losses.
FINANCE
if a government or company claws back money it has already paid, it takes it back:
Could it be that the present basic pension will be raised, only to be clawed back in tax from the better-off?
Policyholders voted to claw back the bonus income paid out to the directors last year
to succeed in getting back something that was taken from you:
The telecom giant clawed back market share from its top two competitors.
STOCK MARKET UK
to offer investors who already own shares in a company the right to buy some of the shares that it has offered to new investors