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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.
Wikidata
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
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.
Gun control advocates and Democrats will fight you tooth and nail, they want to go and say' We've stopped 3.5 million dangerous people.' I look at it as we've stopped 3.5 million law abiding citizens who wanted to get a gun.
I don't think we know how to die, we fight tooth and nail to keep that from happening.
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.
If we take off one day for a sickness, we are required to [work] 14 days straight to gain points back. That is why we are fighting tooth and nail for sick days.
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