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Meaning of on the nail | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

immediately, without delay
British, Ireland
exactly
British, Ireland

Equivalents

Suomi hetimmiten välittömästi

Français rubis sur l'ongle

Examples

“Tell me, have you a mind to anything in the Doctor's book? Speak the word, and I will help you to it upon the nail.”

“You shall have ten thousand pounds on the nail, and I will take you back to London with me besides and teach you what is fortune.”

“Six o'clock on the nail. She wasn't going to be late.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

on the needle on the nick on the nod on the nose on the nut on the off chance