Meaning of tooth and nail | Babel Free

Definitions

Viciously; with all one's strength or power; without holding back.

figuratively

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Examples

“For a century, the two families fought tooth and nail over control of the land.”

“I shall fight tooth and nail for international copyright and stage-right, […] .”

“At that time, I was young in the Lord, stood firm on what I believed, and I fought tooth and nail for what I thought was right in my mind and with God.”

“The women struggle tooth and nail to gain office skills so they don't have to make Jell—O or pencils forever.”

“Jeremy DeLongpre: Yeah, about that Tony nomination. Richard DeLongpre: Yeah, apparently they don't nominate plays that are staged in our living room. Not over, fighting 'em tooth and nail on it.”

“In a second term Mr Obama’s administration is likely to press ahead with its struggle to hold for-profit colleges more accountable for their results: something the industry is fighting tooth and claw.”

“We are striving tooth and nail to kill anything remotely suggestive of the hulas of ancient Hawaii.”

“"Ministers cannot continue to sit on their hands, hoping this dispute will go away. Our members are fully prepared to fight tooth-and-nail for a negotiated settlement," RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch has warned.”

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