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Meaning of tooth and tong | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

Presenting a vigorous and unified opposition.

Examples

“In 1935, I think⟳ it was, when a number⟳ of Senators and Congressmen introduced grain alcohol bills similar to the one Senator Mundt and I have⟳ introduced—but we are told those bills were fought tooth and tong by the oil interests, hence never became law.”
“Mrs. Meier, wife of the under sheriff at the jail, turned against me. And Duane West is one of my bitterest enemies. And they were sort⟳ of working tooth and tong.”
“The old guard is fighting his economic reforms tooth and tong.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

tooth-and-nail tooth-to-jowl tooth, fang, and claw toothachingly toothedly toothily

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