tooth and nail

[tooth and nail] {adv. phr.}

With all weapons or ways of fighting as hard as possible; fiercely. — Used after "fight" or a similar word.

* /When the Indian girl was captured, she fought tooth and nail to get away./

* /The farmers fought tooth and nail to save their crops from the grasshoppers./

* /His friends fought tooth and nail to elect him to Congress./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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