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nail

 
 
/neɪl/ verb [T] informal

Definition

to prove that someone is guilty of doing something: Identifying and nailing insider dealers in the credit markets is a difficult task.
to do something successfully: He nailed the interview and was offered the job right there.
(Definition of nail verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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