win back

Verb

Meaning

recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost

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Win back America for God. Katherine Harris

Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. Patrick Henry

It takes a lot of effort to win back credibility after having lost it so heavily. Giorgio Napolitano

God waits to win back his own flowers as gifts from man's hands. Rabindranath Tagore

You both... you both saved me?" "Come on," said Luis. "You make it sound like it was hard for Val to go to the Unseelie Court, strike a deal with Roiben, challenge Mabry to a duel, win back your heart, and then get back here during rush hour. Holly Black

Possessions dwindle: I mourn their loss. But I mourn the loss of time much more, for anyone can save his purse, but none can win back lost time. Latin Proverb

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