Definition of nail down Nail down

We found 5 definitions of nail down from 2 different sources.

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What does nail down mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

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"
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  • nail down (Verb)
    To attach with nails.
  • nail down (Verb)
    To make something e. g. a decision or plan firm or certain.

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