hammer and tongs
Example Sentences
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"It was 24 guys going hammer and tongs at it, but then having a beer together afterwards."
From BBC
“If you are a Republican conservative Trump supporter, then you might as well hang it up because they are going to come after you hammer and tongs,” he said.
From New York Times
He was the campus conservative back in the middle ’70s, when I was a student at the University of Southern California, and we went at it hammer and tongs a few times on the opinion pages of the Daily Trojan.
From Seattle Times
Over the years the two have gone at it like hammer and tongs and, before Saturday night, Eubank Jr bet £10,000 on an Alvarez knockout.
From BBC
But I know what’s in there and I will fight hammer and tongs to get that individual back.’”
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
