--- title: "How to pronounce \"claw back\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"claw back\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/DXBdW9YH4Ec/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/claw-back" --- # How to pronounce "claw back" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/klæwbæk/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **claw·back** ## Meaning & Usage ### NOUN - A rule that permits a party to take back evidentiary materials that were mistakenly turned over to the other party but to which the other party would not have been entitled. - Money that a party is entitled to keep under one tax provision but is taken by another tax provision. ### Example Sentences - "claw back some lost normality in their lives the sound of artillery and light gunfire can occasionally be heard echoing through neighboring streets as" - "claw back votes from the fringes and this means the farri could push their agenda further into European policy there is uh this growing dissatisfaction" ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (15 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "claw back" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "catastrophe I just heard her shouting here in the capital people are making the most of a curfew ending as well as this warm spring sunshine to claw back some lost normality in their lives the sound of artillery and light gunfire can occasionally be heard echoing through neighboring streets as both sides start to dig in Ukraine's government has announced nine new temporary ceasefires to try and help people escape the fighting" - **Watch at 4:07**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXBdW9YH4Ec&t=247s) ### Example 2 > "to manage migration have fueled the rise of the far right across Europe and that's making mainstream parties more open to populist policies as they try to claw back votes from the fringes and this means the farri could push their agenda further into European policy there is uh this growing dissatisfaction with u Brussels with uh actions of the national governments but of course it's" - **Watch at 21:27**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dMPcHd3rQ8&t=1287s) ### Example 3 > "asking his trade representatives to do is is to look into a way to to sort of claw back production one way or another uh from from from outside the US. And this is just sort of a uh inartful way of putting it, but uh if you take it at face value, it doesn't make any sense at all." - **Watch at 7:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYeCOd8D7z8&t=429s) ### Example 4 > "designed to reign in risk and make British Banks more accountable among his recommendations the deferral some bonuses for up to 5 years the power to claw back payments in cases of misconduct public disclosure of the number of employees earning more than1 million a year the annual re-election for chairman of the board and a greater role for non-executive directors and institutional investors in holding Banks to account Walker says the reforms are" - **Watch at 0:33**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AileMPPEpvQ&t=33s) ### Example 5 > "prices for uh products made in China it also might mean that you know European producers or producers that are producing in Europe uh might have a way to claw back some of the market shares that have been lost to uh Chinese vehicles in the long term it might also mean that you have companies like BD and mg um setting up production plant closer to Europe or even within Europe to um" - **Watch at 5:28**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snZTdJctDm0&t=328s) ### Example 6 *Accent: US* > "to claw back so as the Democratic process takes hold and you make improvements and you tweak the system then I think eventually and sooner" - **Watch at 51:01**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_Od42HK6ec&t=3061s) ### Example 7 *Accent: US* > "me claw back some of that consent. >> Not everyone agrees that mainstream parties are helping to fuel the rise of the far right. Some political scientists" - **Watch at 5:19**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnScvnqNXLQ&t=319s) ### Example 8 *Accent: AUS* > "of claw back some of the kind of wild west of capitalism of the 1990s and to" - **Watch at 14:05**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjkAJJFRP1w&t=845s) ### Example 9 > "he can probably do on his own without the veto players. And the first thing is to establish this office office for what he's calling national asset recovery to try to claw back the money that the Orban government put into private pockets instead of into public uses. And that got a lot of cheers from the parliament today. Not from the Fidesz side of the parliament, but his people were totally on board with that. Let's talk a bit more about money because the" - **Watch at 12:18**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVfQMpnSOR8&t=738s) ### Example 10 > "I I would say this. During the ceasefire, the UN was finally able to move humanitarian assistance in regularly and at scale, and we were starting to claw back a little bit at the problem. But when the uh Netanyahu government decided to freeze out the UN and move to this system where people" - **Watch at 6:23**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4BSw2zXp58&t=383s) ## How to Pronounce "claw back" - **Syllables**: claw · back - **IPA**: `/klæwbæk/` - **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Pronunciations [claw](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/claw), [back](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/back) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “claw back”? “claw back” is pronounced /klæwbæk/ (claw · back). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “claw back”? “claw back” has 2 syllables: claw · back. ### What does “claw back” mean? A rule that permits a party to take back evidentiary materials that were mistakenly turned over to the other party but to which the other party would not have been entitled. ### How can I hear “claw back” used in real sentences? This page has 15 real-world video examples of “claw back” with synchronized subtitles. 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