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nail

N0004700 (nāl)n.1. A slim, pointed piece of metal hammered into material as a fastener.2. a. A fingernail or toenail.b. A claw or talon.3. Something resembling a nail in shape, sharpness, or use.4. A measure of length formerly used for cloth, equal to ¹/₁₆ yard (5.7 centimeters).tr.v. nailed, nail·ing, nails 1. To fasten, join, or attach with or as if with a nail.2. To cover, enclose, or shut by fastening with nails: nail up a window.3. To keep fixed, motionless, or intent: Fear nailed me to my seat.4. Slang a. To stop and seize; catch: Police nailed the suspect.b. To detect and expose: nailed the senator in a lie; nail corruption before it gets out of control.5. Slang a. To strike or bring down: nail a bird in flight; nail a running back.b. To perform successfully or have noteworthy success in: nailed the dive; nailed the exam.6. Baseball To put out (a base runner).7. Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.Phrasal Verb: nail down1. To discover or establish conclusively: nailed down the story by checking all the facts.2. To win: nailed down another victory in the golf tournament.3. To specify or fix: We were finally able to nail down a meeting time.

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[Middle English, from Old English nægl, fingernail, toenail; see nogh- in Indo-European roots.]

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nail′er n.

nail down

vb (tr, adverb) 1. to fasten down with or as if with nails2. informal to extort a definite promise or consent from: I nailed him down on the deadline. 3. informal to settle in a definite way: they nailed down the agreement.

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Verb	1.	nail down - succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"peg, nailbring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, win, come through - attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"
	2.	nail down - define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"narrow down, pin down, peg down, narrow, specifydetermine - fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property"concretize - make something concrete
	3.	nail down - make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal"finalise, finalize, settleterminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

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