hammer and tongs
Example Sentences
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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.
From BBC • May 23, 2024
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
The players in red and those in blue demonstrated that by going at each other like hammer and tongs at Old Trafford.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 9, 2013
That was quite enough for a boy like Corin and in a second he and the Dwarf were at it hammer and tongs.
From "The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
