claw way

claw your way somewhere

to use all your energy and determination to achieve something Little by little, the county is clawing its way out of the damage caused by the flood. She clawed her way to the top of the company.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Martina	mahr-TEE-nah (Italian, Spanish, Dutch), mahr-TEEN-ə (English)	German, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovene, English, Swedish, Dutch, Ancien
Wright	RIET	English
Maximiliana	-	Ancient Roman
Ksenija	-	Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene
Mackenzie	mə-KEN-zee	English
Zlata	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian, Czech, Slovak, Russian