tooth, fang, and claw
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tooth, fang, and claw
- (figuratively) Viciously; with all one's strength or power; without holding back.
- to fight tooth, fang, and claw for something
tooth, fang, and claw
- (figuratively, rare) The means of wild predators to kill.
He was killed by coyotes; he died by tooth, fang, and claw.