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Phrase(s): fight someone or something hammer and tongs [and] fight someone or something tooth and nail; go at it hammer and tongs; go at it tooth and nail Fig. to fight against someone or something energetically and with great determination. • They fought against the robber tooth and nail. • The dogs were fighting each other hammer and tongs.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs