Synonyms for TOOTH AND NAIL
tooth and nail

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1. tooth and nailadverb

   with force and ferocity

   "she fought tooth and nail"

   Synonyms:
   tooth and nail

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1. tooth and nail

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial expression used adverbially.] biting and scratching, using every means of attack and defence

2. tooth and nail

   Synonyms:
   strenuously, vigorously, earnestly, resolutely, energetically, with all one's might, with might and main, through thick and thin, through fire and water, HAMMER AND TONGS, PUGNIS ET CALCIBUS

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1. Sarah Feinberg:

   Unfortunately, derailments like this are preventable and they become inevitable when there’s more risk in the system, the industry has fought tooth and nail against safety regulations, but I also think that’s typical of any industry.

2. Justin Moore:

   It's probably the hardest case I've ever had to deal with in my young career, just to see this particular situation where parents are just fighting tooth and nail and they're not gaining an inch at all, it's just heartbreaking.

3. Nathan Hochman:

   As one of the attorneys representing the Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys in this lawsuit against LA DA George Gascon, I’m flattered that he felt the need to hire the most expensive law firm in the country to fight us, as a citizen of LA, I’m disgusted that he would waste so much of our money fighting tooth-and-nail against putting dangerous criminals in jail.

4. Rob Pitts:

   This is all about 2022 and 2024, they are engaged in an all-out assault on our voters because they are determined to never let a Democrat win the state again. And we're going to fight them tooth and nail.

5. Roosevelt, Eleanor:

   My dentist was married to a manicurist. But it did not work out. They fought tooth and nail !