nail down
IPA: nˈeɪɫdˈaʊn
verb
- (transitive) to attach with nails
- (idiomatic, transitive) to make something (e.g. a decision or plan) firm or certain
Examples of "nail-down" in Sentences
- But there are always ways to nail-down that celebrity factor at a fraction of the price.
- Damn! Clinton was counting on Rubio's endorsement to nail-down the Republican nomination ...
- When they have to come in to a game in a non-save situation they cannot possibly have the same mentality as when they are trying to nail-down a victory.
- The discussion has hit mainstream and many operators are scrambling to nail-down their short-term and long-term strategies to manage the data traffic growth in their networks.
- The floors on both levels are all original nail-down oak strips with exposed nail heads, except for the kitchen, where wider pine plank underlayment has been refinished and exposed.
- Today's Fall may not cruise in the high gears of their eighties incarnation but they can still nail-down a groove with that same blend of ruthless precision and perverse amateurishness. F-'oldin '
- Paris is home territory, but as the only two honest cops around, they are sent throughout the country, so we see aspects of the Occupation from different perspectives; yet everywhere there is the nightly ink of the blackout and the nail-down of the curfew.
- Thus, if 'we' have anything to we guilty about, or not doing enough (before the election to address and nail-down as a commitment before we GAVE our votes to this man, it is that we should have DEMANDED that he make a public pledge, make a commitment, damn near give us a contract, that he would confront the EMPIRE that is the source of all our problems and 'sorrows' (as Chalmers Johnson says).