bulldogged

While he groused about so preposterous an idea, the kid laid down the mat he never used, bulldogged him down to it, pulled off his shoes and draped a blanket over him.

We shook hands and we locked up and he was a tough kid and he bulldogged me over to my back.

With my three little traps and a bulldogged determination, I set out to trap Mister Ringtail.

Complimentary of De Vito, he added: "He really is an asset to the show, his character a clenched fist of bragging resentment, eyes blinking in defiance, his jaw bulldogged against all comers."

The good ship kept at the fight and won by sheer bulldogged tenacity and pluck.