Back
Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.
Earn
Earn verb - To receive as return for effort.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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If those run out though, they can also earn their life back by either defeating Death at a number of different games... or just walk out of the afterlife's front door.
Source: Back from the Dead -
You earn a single point, and are given the option to drive back to Tucson to earn another point.
Source: A Winner Is You - Beetlejuice in the cartoon, has to finish kindergarten in order earn his license back.
Source: Back to School
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