Verb: nail down neyl dawn
- Attach something somewhere by means of nails
"nail down the board onto the wall";
- nail
- Define clearly
"I cannot nail down the rules for this game";
- pin down, peg down [informal], narrow down, narrow, specify
- Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
"let's nail down the proposal";
- finalize, finalise [Brit], settle
- [informal] Succeed in obtaining a position
"He nailed down a spot at Harvard";
- nail [informal], peg [informal]
Derived forms: nails down, nailed down, nailing down
See also: settle on
Type of: attach, bring home the bacon [informal], come through, come up trumps [Brit, informal], deliver the goods, determine, end, succeed, terminate, turn up trumps [Brit, informal], win