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Verb nail down has 3 senses
- nail down, nail, peg - succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard"
--1 is one way to succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify - define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"
--2 is one way to determine
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- finalize, finalise, settle, nail down - make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal"
--3 is one way to end, terminate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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