If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it. He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat. [VERB noun] The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island. [VERB noun] If you manage to retrieve a situation, you succeed in bringing it back into a more acceptable state. More @Wikipedia
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