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
Themis-Greek Mythology
Mccoy[mə'kɔi]
Fitch[fitʃ]
Sekai-Southern African, Shona
Heath[hi:θ]
QuÂN-Vietnamese