tooth and nail

alternative with tooth and nail

1. figurativelyViciously; with all one's strength or power; without holding back.

   For a century, the two families fought tooth and nail over control of the land.

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   I shall fight tooth and nail for international copyright and stage-right, […] .

   a. 1884, Charles Reade, 1887, Charles L. Reade, Compton Reade, Charles Reade, Dramatist, Novelist, Journalist: A Memoir Compiled Chiefly from His Literary Remains, Volume 2, page 229

   At that time, I was young in the Lord, stood firm on what I believed, and I fought tooth and nail for what I thought was right in my mind and with God.

   2007, Patrick Bentley, The Birth of a Song, page 76

   The women struggle tooth and nail to gain office skills so they don't have to make Jell—O or pencils forever.

   2008, Laura Schenone, The Lost Ravioli Recipes of Hoboken: A Search for Food and Family

   Jeremy DeLongpre: Yeah, about that Tony nomination. Richard DeLongpre: Yeah, apparently they don't nominate plays that are staged in our living room. Not over, fighting 'em tooth and nail on it.

   2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1)

   In a second term Mr Obama’s administration is likely to press ahead with its struggle to hold for-profit colleges more accountable for their results: something the industry is fighting tooth and claw.

   2012 October 6, “Education: Class Warfare”, in The Economist

   Synonyms: tooth and claw, tooth, fang, and claw