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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 Both have earned the lasting respect and admiration of their fans and, above all, of their players, who have fought tooth and nail for them and their ideas at every turn. — Juan Claudio Matossian, Vanity Fair, 19 July 2026 Later scenes depict charging horses and vast swaths of commoners fighting tooth and nail for freedom. — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026 Elliot Anderson fought tooth and nail to help keep Nottingham Forest up. — Carl Anka, New York Times, 10 July 2026 And by fighting tooth and nail to make sure their voices are heard in Washington. — Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tooth and nail

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all out

Adverb

Then a character actor who plays a private investigator blew us all out of the water on the first take, just completely out-acting us all!

— Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
There are all sorts of sides to Venus, a lot of shady characters complicating things, and in pure Bogie-Bacall fashion Ray gets to sort them all out while dealing with this colorful group.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2026

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