fight tooth and nail

Engage in vigorous combat or make a strenuous effort, using all one's resources. For example, I'm going to fight tooth and nail for that promotion. This expression, with its allusion to biting and scratching, was first recorded in 1576.

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"This company which has been here for more than 150 years we will fight tooth and nail to protect and maintain jobs for future generations," he said.

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Ms Byrne said she had seen pupils in their final years of secondary school who could "barely read and write" and had had to "fight tooth and nail" to get support for her own child.

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We fight tooth and nail to keep this band together because we saw the way that U2 were.

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“We’ve always had to fight tooth and nail for our place in this world,” the group said in a news release Wednesday.

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“Obviously, the series didn’t go in our favor, didn’t start the way we wanted it to, but to win that one at home, fight tooth and nail today to get this one, our guys showed a lot of guts and a lot of character.”

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