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動詞

win back (三人称単数 現在形 wins back, 現在分詞 winning back, 過去形および過去分詞形 won back)

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To win (something) that one has previously lost.

   He lost $1000 in one hand, and spent most of the night trying to win it back.

   • 1960 October, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 611:

     A lovely crisp exhaust: a feeling of almost unlimited power combined with complete freedom of running: and, to crown it all, a most melodious and wholly American chime whistle—these were my immediate impressions as we stormed rapidly out of Göttingen, intent on winning back some of the lost time.

2. (transitive, idiomatic) To regain favour (with).
   • 2006 July 14, “Obama Works to Win Evangelicals Back for Democrats”, in npr‎^[1]:

     Illinois Sen. Barack Obama talks with Renee Montagne about his call for Democrats to reach out to evangelical Christians. Republicans have long laid claim to that powerful voting block. He believes that Democrats can win them back with issues like the drive to end poverty.

3. (transitive, idiomatic) To get (someone) to be one's partner, after having been apart.

   John, my ex-boyfriend, said he wanted to see me again, so I told him how much I wanted him in an effort to win him back.