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tooth and nail
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Princeton's WordNet
tooth and nailadverb
with force and ferocity
"she fought tooth and nail"
Wiktionary
tooth and nailadverb
Viciously; with all one's strength or power; without holding back.
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tooth and nail
"Tooth and nail" is an idiomatic expression used in English to describe a manner of doing something with great vigor, determination, or relentless effort. It often implies the use of all one's physical or mental resources to attain a goal, defend oneself, or achieve a desired end. It's derived from the idea of fighting or resisting as strongly as if using one's teeth and nails as weapons.
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Tooth and Nail
Tooth and Nail is the second studio album by heavy metal band Dokken, released in 1984 through Elektra Records. It was the #35 album of 1985 according to Billboard magazine. The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA and reached #49 on the Billboard 200 U.S. album chart.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tooth and nail in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tooth and nail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of tooth and nail in a Sentence
My dentist was married to a manicurist. But it did not work out. They fought tooth and nail !
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.
I don't think we know how to die, we fight tooth and nail to keep that from happening.
Where are the women’s rights people? where are the feminist groups that fought tooth and nail for Title IX?
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.
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