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Nouns

• (n) horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits
• (n) a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener
• (n) a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

Verbs

• (v) attach something somewhere by means of nails
  • nail the board onto the wall
• (v) take into custody
  • the police nabbed the suspected criminals
  arrest, collar, apprehend, cop, nab, pick up,
• (v) hit hard
  • He smashed a 3-run homer
  smash, blast, boom,
• (v) succeed in obtaining a position
  • He nailed down a spot at Harvard
  nail down, peg,
• (v) succeed at easily
  • She sailed through her exams
  • You will pass with flying colors
  • She nailed her astrophysics course
  ace, breeze through, pass with flying colors, sail through, sweep through,
• (v) locate exactly
  • can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?
  • The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome
  pinpoint,
• (v) complete a pass complete,

Synonyms

arrest collar apprehend cop nab pick up smash blast boom nail down peg ace breeze through pass with flying colors sail through sweep through pinpoint complete

See also

narrow down pin down nail down narrow peg down specify

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