win back
verb- 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.
- To regain favour (with).
- 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.
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No, I want to live; I shall struggle to the very last; I will yet win back the happiness of which I have been deprived.
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