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tooth and nail

adverb

Definition of tooth and nail

as in full steam ahead

with all power or resources being used I'll fight tooth and nail to win the finals

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Recent Examples of tooth and nail People could have been fighting tooth and nail to keep me from being there. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 26 May 2026 Mo was always going to fight tooth and nail, no matter what. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 25 May 2026 The biggest question may ultimately be whether Disney and ABC fight tooth and nail or make concessions to Carr. — ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2026 The film is the true story of John Tuggle, the last pick in the 1983 NFL Draft by the New York Giants who fought tooth and nail to make the team, the first final draft pick to do so, and would go on to win Special Teams Player of the Year. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tooth and nail

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all out

Adverb

How the brain works it all out As the server prepares to strike the tennis ball, the receiver is already gathering information.

— Michelle Spear, Scientific American, 11 July 2026
In the last five years, their first-round selections were all out of college with the last three being hitters.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

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