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  1. Definition of tooth-and-nail in the Idioms Dictionary. tooth-and-nail phrase. What does tooth-and-nail expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary.

    • Fight Tooth and Nail

      By extension, to resist, oppose, or stand up against someone...

    • Tooth Wear

      tooth wear: ( tūth wār ) Loss of tooth structure due to...

    • Tooth-Like

      tooth [to̳th] (pl. teeth) one of the small bonelike...

    • Tooth-Borne

      CBCT has been used in several studies for assessment of...

  2. Learn the meaning and usage of the phrase tooth and nail, which means with every available means or all out. Find synonyms, example sentences, word history, and related entries from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

  3. fight tooth and nail. idiom. Add to word list. Add to word list. to try very hard to get something you want: We fought tooth and nail to get the route of the new road changed. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Trying and making an effort. A game.

  4. By extension, to resist, oppose, or stand up against someone or something with great intensity and tenacity. The senator vowed to fight the proposal tooth and nail. The government has fought us tooth and nail on this issue, but we finally managed to win in court.

  5. Learn the meaning and origin of the phrase 'tooth and nail', which means a fight with all one's efforts and intensity. See how Sir Thomas More used it in his Dialogue of Comfort and Tribulation.

  6. But what I do know is that he's a hero and I'm going to fight tooth and nail for him. Howatch, Susan ABSOLUTE TRUTHS ( 2001 ) From what your mother said in the book, when you let him into the kitchen , he went after the guy tooth and nail.

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  8. Tooth and nail definition: with all one's resources or energy; fiercely. See examples of TOOTH AND NAIL used in a sentence.