go at each other tooth and nail

go at each other tooth and nail

To fight, battle, or compete against each other with great ferocity, vigor, and intensity. The incumbent president and his opponent went at each other tooth and nail in the televised debate last night. The rioters and police have been going at each other tooth and nail all night long.
See also: and, each, go, nail, other, tooth
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • go at one another tooth and nail
  • tooth and nail, fight/with
  • fought
  • fight (someone or something) tooth and nail
  • fight tooth and nail
  • fight (someone or something) tooth and claw
  • fight tooth and claw
  • give up the fight
  • give up the struggle
  • give up the cause
References in periodicals archive
Plus, to see sports medicine cardiologists go at each other tooth and nail is just priceless." His good humor and genuine enthusiasm are never far away from one another.