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Meaning of nail down | Babel Free

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

Bosanski spika прибити
Deutsch festnageln
Hrvatski spika прибити
日本語 釘付け
Polski przybijać
Српски spika прибити
Svenska spika
Українська прибивати прибити

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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