hammer and tongs

Example Sentences

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And in 2021, F1 had one of its greatest-ever seasons with Mercedes and Red Bull going at it hammer and tongs with Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024

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

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