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Meanings of nail down in English

Spanish
clavar

Define clearly.

        clavar
        Portuguese
        acabar
        Catalan
        finalitzar
        Spanish
        finalizar

        Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form.

              Related terms
              acabar
              Catalan
              estabilitzar

              Succeed in obtaining a position.

                    estabilitzar
                    Usage of nail down in English
                    1
                    Inevitably, I'd try to get him to nail down a specific time frame.
                    Sh*t my dad says
                    2
                    CC: In 2012 we started to nail down our first funding.
                    Ebony
                    3
                    In Portland, it is impossible to nail down all the must-try food spots.
                    Climbing Magazine
                    4
                    All that was left was to use Cole to nail down the coffin.
                    Blind Man's Alley
                    5
                    It's been taking me so long to just nail down my actual pitch.
                    Wired
                    6
                    The Chandrian's signs are another key piece of information we can't nail down.
                    The Name of the Wind
                    7
                    The first thing we had to do was nail down their entitlement date.
                    Radio NZ
                    8
                    I had to nail down Joe Morelli's sudden disinterest in me.
                    Three to get deadly and four to score
                    9
                    You'd have to lock the cupboards and nail down the comestibles.
                    The Irish Times
                    10
                    The government wanted to nail down democracy in the East.
                    The girl with the dragon tattoo
                    11
                    Officials agree it will take time to nail down details.
                    Reuters
                    12
                    Greece has yet to nail down the requested austerity package.
                    Reuters
                    13
                    Maybe nail down digit order, vehicle color, four-door versus two-door, that kind of thing.
                    Bones Never Lie
                    14
                    But there were two questions that I could nail down, which might offer pointers.
                    BBC
                    15
                    He acknowledges that exact numbers are difficult to nail down.
                    Reuters
                    16
                    Congressional committees tried to nail down the "fine points" of each bill.
                    Wired
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                    Translations for nail down
                    Nail down through the time
                    Nail down across language varieties
                    United States of America
                    Common
                    United Kingdom
                    Less common