| 单词 | nail down |
| 释义 | nail downSEE SYNONYMS FOR nail down ON THESAURUS.COM verb (tr, adverb)to fasten down with or as if with nails informal to extort a definite promise or consent fromI nailed him down on the deadline informal to settle in a definite waythey nailed down the agreement Words nearby nail downnail-biter, nail-biting, nail bomb, nailbrush, nailclipper, nail down, nailed-on, nail enamel, nailer, nailer joist, nail file Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with nail downnail down Establish conclusively, as in The reporter nailed down the story by checking all the facts. This metaphoric expression alludes to fixing or fastening something down with nails. [c. 1600] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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