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Definition of claw verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    claw

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//klɔ//
     
    [intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they claw
     
     he / she / it claws
     
     past simple clawed
     
     -ing form clawing
     
     
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  1. 1to scratch or tear someone or something with claws or with your nails claw at somebody/something The cat was clawing at the leg of the chair.
  2. 2(figurative) Branches clawed at her hair. claw somebody/something She had clawed Stephen across the face.
  3. 3(figurative) His hands clawed the air.
    4. Idioms
    claw your way back, into something, out of something, to something, etc.
     
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    to gradually achieve something or move somewhere by using a lot of determination and effort She clawed her way to the top of her profession. Slowly, he clawed his way out from under the collapsed building.     Phrasal Verbsclaw back
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