"tack down" meaning in English

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Verb

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
    Sense id: en-tack_down-en-verb-MeOTZiDq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down)

Inflected forms

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