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CLAW ONE'S WAY (SOMEWHERE)

to move forwards with difficulty
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1. The rescuers could hear the sound of the trapped people desperately trying to claw their way through the rubble.
2. Sidney ruthlessly clawed his way up the position of junior clerk to chairman of the company.


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