win back

1. 1.

   recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost

   “We got back the money after we threatened to sue the company”

   “He got back his son from the kidnappers”

   Synonymsget back

   Broaderget

Questions about win back

What does win back mean?

win back means "recover something or somebody that appeared to be lost".

What is another word for win back?

Close synonyms include get back. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is win back a common word?

win back is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.