hammer and tongs

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Roget 686: laboriously etc. adj.; lustily; pugnis et calcibus [Lat.]; with might and main, with all one's might, with a strong hand, with a sledge hammer, with much ado; to the best of one's abilities, totis viribus [Lat.], vi et armis [Lat.], manibus pedibusque [Lat.], tooth and nail, unguibus et rostro [Lat.], hammer and tongs, heart and soul; through thick and thin etc. (perseverance) 604.1. by the sweat of one's brow, suo Marte.    ... meer laten zien

Moby betekeniswoordenboek: arduously, bec et ongles, committedly, decidedly, decisively, determinedly, devotedly, earnestly, effortfully, firmly, fixedly, hard, heart and soul, in all seriousness, in earnest, in good earnest, industriously, inflexibly, laboriously, like a bulldog, like a leech, manfully, obstinately, operosely, perseveringly, persistently, purposefully, relentlessly, resolutely, resolvedly, seriously, sincerely, singlemindedly, staunchly, steadfastly, steadily, strenuously, tenaciously, the hard way, toilsomely, tooth and nail, unswervingly, unyieldingly, wholeheartedly, with a will, with constancy, with effort, with total dedication ... meer laten zien.

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