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tooth, fang, and claw

tooth, fang, and claw adverb: viciously; with all one's strength or power; without holding back.

Adverb

tooth, fang, and claw

  1. (figuratively) Viciously; with all one's strength or power; without holding back.
    • to fight tooth, fang, and claw for something
    Synonyms:
    tooth and nail

Noun

tooth, fang, and claw

  1. (figuratively, rare) The means of wild predators to kill.
    • He was killed by coyotes; he died by tooth, fang, and claw.

Synonyms of tooth, fang, and claw

Questions about tooth, fang, and claw

What does tooth, fang, and claw mean?
Tooth, fang, and claw means viciously; with all one's strength or power; without holding back.
What part of speech is tooth, fang, and claw?
Tooth, fang, and claw can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near tooth, fang, and claw in the dictionary

  1. tooth powders
  2. tooth shell
  3. tooth shells
  4. tooth socket
  5. tooth sockets
  6. tooth, fang, and claw
  7. tooth-and-nail
  8. tooth-billed pigeon
  9. tooth-billed pigeons
  10. tooth-bottle
  11. tooth-bottles

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