nail

/neɪl/ verb

Definition

nail sth down/on/to, etc › to fasten something with nails: There was a 'private property' sign nailed to the tree.

› [T] mainly US informal to catch someone who has committed a crime: They eventually nailed him for handling stolen goods.

(Definition of nail verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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