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What does "tooth" mean?

In addition to the idiom beginning with tooth, also see fight tooth and nail; fine-tooth comb; long in the tooth; sweet tooth. Also see under teeth.

See tooth in WNW Idioms

long in the tooth

elderly; old

tooth and nail

with all one's strength or resources

See tooth in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms

get

/sink (one's) teeth into Slang

To be actively involved in; get a firm grasp of.

show

/bare (one's) teeth

To express a readiness to fight; threaten defiantly.

to the teeth

Lacking nothing; completely: armed to the teeth; dressed to the teeth.

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