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"

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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. 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.

2. Maurie Levine:

   It's the second court ruling saying we're entitled to this information - yet TDCJ keeps fighting tooth and nail, ... dragging out the appeals and refusing to comply while executions proceed in secret.

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. Neel Chatterjee:

   This arbitration was not about trade secrets but about employees leaving Google for new opportunities and an engineer being used as a pawn by two tech giants, google fought tooth and nail to take back every penny paid to Anthony Levandowski for Anthony Levandowski multibillion dollar contributions and now Uber is refusing to indemnify Anthony Levandowski despite explicitly agreeing to do so.

5. Ted Kramer:

   I think it's really important to understand that they have fought tooth and nail to prevent this evidence from becoming public which we believe the world should see. We believe everyone should see this evidence because they have the right to know the truth.