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hammer and tongs

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[hammer and tongs] {adv. phr.}

Violently.

* /Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been at it all day, hammer and tongs./

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	{adv. phr.} ⁵⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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