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Meaning of nail down | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

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

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.

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