"tack down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: tacks down [present, singular, third-person], tacking down [participle, present], tacked down [participle, past], tacked down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} tack down (third-person singular simple present tacks down, present participle tacking down, simple past and past participle tacked down)
  1. To fix to the ground, with or as if with tacks. Related terms: tack up

Inflected forms

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