So, she’s fighting tooth and nail to get out of there and then to save her marriage and her life that she’s earned and created.

“I poured everything I have into this — body, heart, mind and soul — and am humbled by and proud of what my teammates and I accomplished, and fought tooth and nail for.”

Against Lewis Hamilton, Verstappen fought tooth and nail intensely all year and clinched it in that controversial finale in Abu Dhabi when the race director rode roughshod through the rule book.

Ms Byrne said she had seen pupils in their final years of secondary school who could "barely read and write" and had had to "fight tooth and nail" to get support for her own child.

“Right now, currently, the Valley is just surviving, as is a lot of Los Angeles — just barely surviving and fighting for everything that they can, tooth and nail,” she told LA Progressive earlier this year.