win back

win someone or something back (from someone or something)

to regain someone or something from someone or something. I hope to win the money I lost back from the other poker players. We were not able to win Sally back from the cult. We won back everything. We won back Sally.

win back

To regain, through effort or contest, something or someone that one has lost or no longer has: My friend is at the casino, trying to win back what he lost last night. Her boyfriend left her, but she's sure she will win him back.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nazario	nah-TSAH-ryo (Italian), nah-THAH-ryo (Spanish), nah-SAH-ryo (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Urijah	-	Biblical
Ravi	RAH-vee (Hinduism)	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali
Erskine	UR-skien	Scottish, Irish, English (Rare)
Leon	[lei'əun]
Jonatan	YO-nah-tahn (German)	Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German