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nail down

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. to attach with nails
    transitive
  2. to make something (e.g. a decision or plan) firm or certain
    idiomatic, transitive

Equivalents

Deutschfestnageln
日本語釘付け
6 more languages

Examples

“Nail down the shelf, then paint⟳ it.”
“They haven't nailed down their vacation plans yet.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

nail it nail Jell-O to a tree nail Jell-O to a wall nail one's colors to the mast nail one's colours to the mast nail someone to the wall

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