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
“Sen. Harris is a surprising choice considering just how hard she went after him — I mean, with hammer and tongs — over busing, issues of racial equality,” Colbert said on “The Late Show.”
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2020
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
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.
