Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb With every available resource; with unrelenting effort.
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- adverb idiomatic
Viciously ; with all one’sstrength orpower ; withoutholding back .
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- adverb with force and ferocity
Etymologies
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From tooth + and + nail ("fingernail, claw").
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