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- verb Present participle of
nail . - noun A
mechanical fastening by means ofnails .
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Examples
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If they ` re going to try to catch this guy they ` ve got to nail him and right now I don ` t think just this videotape and this thousand dollars is what we call nailing him.
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Occasionally I work with a Vietnam War MoH recipient in nailing phonies -- he says they still pop up every few months or so.
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You are correct in nailing the tax credits system, which as bloggers such as Clairwil who are at the sharp end can tell you is a disaster.
Cast Out Of Heaven Newmania 2008
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So why do we persist in nailing our children to a standard that, over time, means relatively nothing and provides even less?
Gifted M-mv 2005
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SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- The San Francisco Giants wasted no time in nailing down a key victory.
USATODAY.com 2004
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Jones played the ball off the wall and started a perfect relay play that resulted in nailing Rollins at the plate.
USATODAY.com 2004
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All the carpets have been not only up, and most effectually cleaned, and nailed down again, as nobody but myself ever succeeded in nailing them before, but she has been at the unbargained-for pains to darn them, wherever they needed it.
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If he had come down from the cross, they might with as much reason have said that the soldiers had juggled in nailing him to it, as they said, when he was raised from the dead, that the disciples came by night, and stole him away.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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HENCE, i take GREAT FUCKING PRIDE, in nailing the fuckers when THEY FUCK UP. .and believe me … THEY DO!.
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I’m more interested in nailing him for 9/11, not prevention of new attacks, but they are certainly a reasonable possibility.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drone Warfare, the CIA, and Charlie Savage’s NYT Article 2010
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