"win back" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wins back",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "winning back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "won back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "won back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "win<,,won> back"
      },
      "expansion": "win back (third-person singular simple present wins back, present participle winning back, simple past and past participle won back)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "78 6 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "66 13 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (back)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He lost $1000 in one hand, and spent most of the night trying to win it back.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 October, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 611",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To win (something) that one has previously lost."
      ],
      "id": "en-win_back-en-verb-8Z6T6y5G",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To win (something) that one has previously lost."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006 July 14, “Obama Works to Win Evangelicals Back for Democrats”, in npr",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 April 5, Mel Holley, “Network News: Avanti contract extended, but 'still more work to do'”, in RAIL, number 980, page 6",
          "text": "The short-term contract comes with the expectation that AWC will continue to win back the confidence of passengers, with a particular focus on more reliable weekend services, continued reductions in cancellations, and improvements in passenger information during planned and non-planned disruption.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To regain favour (with)."
      ],
      "id": "en-win_back-en-verb-U9RGCSAv",
      "links": [
        [
          "regain",
          "regain"
        ],
        [
          "favour",
          "favour"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To regain favour (with)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get (someone) to be one's partner, after having been apart."
      ],
      "id": "en-win_back-en-verb-XEvK2er-",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To get (someone) to be one's partner, after having been apart."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-win back.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/84/En-au-win_back.ogg/En-au-win_back.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/En-au-win_back.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "win back"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs with particle (back)",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wins back",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "winning back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "won back",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "won back",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "win<,,won> back"
      },
      "expansion": "win back (third-person singular simple present wins back, present participle winning back, simple past and past participle won back)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He lost $1000 in one hand, and spent most of the night trying to win it back.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1960 October, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 611",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To win (something) that one has previously lost."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To win (something) that one has previously lost."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006 July 14, “Obama Works to Win Evangelicals Back for Democrats”, in npr",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 April 5, Mel Holley, “Network News: Avanti contract extended, but 'still more work to do'”, in RAIL, number 980, page 6",
          "text": "The short-term contract comes with the expectation that AWC will continue to win back the confidence of passengers, with a particular focus on more reliable weekend services, continued reductions in cancellations, and improvements in passenger information during planned and non-planned disruption.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To regain favour (with)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "regain",
          "regain"
        ],
        [
          "favour",
          "favour"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To regain favour (with)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get (someone) to be one's partner, after having been apart."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, idiomatic) To get (someone) to be one's partner, after having been apart."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-win back.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/84/En-au-win_back.ogg/En-au-win_back.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/En-au-win_back.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "win back"
}