hammer and tongs
Example Sentences
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But I know what’s in there and I will fight hammer and tongs to get that individual back.’”
From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2021
The world knew them as once-in-a-generation rivals, tennis titans who went at each other hammer and tongs.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2018
They have gone at each other hammer and tongs in swimsuits, leotards and running shorts on fields of play but mostly been the picture of grace once done with competing.
From Washington Times • Aug. 17, 2016
On one occasion, as I came in to the dressing room, Roy and Ruud van Nistelrooy were at it, hammer and tongs.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2013
He dropped the hammer and tongs from his hands and snatched a pitchfork from the wall.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
