"nail it" meaning in English

See nail it in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: nails it [present, singular, third-person], nailing it [participle, present], nailed it [participle, past], nailed it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=nail it}} nail it (third-person singular simple present nails it, present participle nailing it, simple past and past participle nailed it)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nail, it.
    Sense id: en-nail_it-en-verb-3qYhxWu6
  2. Synonym of hit the nail on the head Synonyms: hit the nail on the head [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-nail_it-en-verb-hVK~vpkJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 24 76

Inflected forms

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