We found 5 definitions of nail down from 2 different sources.
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nail down - succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" | ||
nail, peg | ||
deliver the goods, bring home the bacon, succeed, come through, win be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?" | ||
nail down - make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal" | ||
finalize, finalise, settle | ||
end, terminate 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" | ||
settle on, fixate become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon" | ||
nail down - define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" | ||
pin down, peg down, narrow down, narrow, specify | ||
determine fix conclusively or authoritatively; "set the rules" | ||
concretize become specific; "the idea concretized in her mind" |