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hammer and tongs

phrase as in tooth and nail

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He said that while his Labour and Conservative opponents would be going "hammer and tongs to discredit each other" he would be going "hammer and tongs" for Scotland.

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And in 2021, F1 had one of its greatest-ever seasons with Mercedes and Red Bull going at it hammer and tongs with Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.

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If Charlie hadn’t stepped in, we’d probably still have been at it hammer and tongs today.

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"It was 24 guys going hammer and tongs at it, but then having a beer together afterwards."

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“If you are a Republican conservative Trump supporter, then you might as well hang it up because they are going to come after you hammer and tongs,” he said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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