fight tooth and claw



fight tooth and claw/nail

to fight very hard to achieve something (often + to do sth) We fought tooth and nail to retain our share of the business.
See also: and, claw, fight, tooth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ByronBIE-rənEnglish
Hartley['ha:tli]
Ofydd-Welsh
Sanja-Croatian, Serbian
SelİM-Turkish
GyÖRgyikeDYUUR-dyee-keHungarian