"nail down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-nail down.ogg Forms: nails down [present, singular, third-person], nailing down [participle, present], nailed down [participle, past], nailed down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} nail down (third-person singular simple present nails down, present participle nailing down, simple past and past participle nailed down)
  1. (transitive) to attach with nails Tags: transitive Related terms: copperfasten, pin down
    Sense id: en-nail_down-en-verb-Rdh6EVvP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Construction Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Construction: 64 36
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) to make something (e.g. a decision or plan) firm or certain Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-nail_down-en-verb-rbINtwy1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45

Inflected forms

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