nail down

nail  (nl) n. 1. A slim, pointed piece of metal hammered into material as a fastener. 2. a. A fingernail or toenail. b. A claw or talon. 3. Something resembling a nail in shape, sharpness, or use. 4. A measure of length formerly used for cloth, equal to 1/16 yard (5.7 centimeters). tr.v. nailed, nail·ing, nails 1. To fasten, join, or attach with or as if with a nail. 2. To cover, enclose, or shut by fastening with nails: nail up a window. 3. To keep fixed, motionless, or intent: Fear nailed me to my seat. 4. Slang a. To stop and seize; catch: Police nailed the suspect. b. To detect and expose: nailed the senator in a lie; nail corruption before it gets out of control. 5. Slang a. To strike or bring down: nail a bird in flight; nail a running back. b. To perform successfully or have noteworthy success in: nailed the dive; nailed the exam. 6. Baseball To put out (a base runner). Phrasal Verb: nail down 1. To discover or establish conclusively: nailed down the story by checking all the facts. 2. To win: nailed down another victory in the golf tournament. 3. To specify or fix: We were finally able to nail down a meeting time. [Middle English, from Old English nægl, fingernail, toenail; see nogh- in Indo-European roots.] nailer n.

nail left to right: common, finishing, ring, and roofing nails

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nail down

vb (tr, adverb)

1. to fasten down with or as if with nails

2. Informal to extort a definite promise or consent from I nailed him down on the deadline

3. Informal to settle in a definite way they nailed down the agreement

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	nail down - succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" peg, nail bring home the bacon, deliver the goods, succeed, win, come through - attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"
	2.	nail down - define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" narrow down, pin down, peg down, narrow, specify determine - fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property" concretize - make something concrete
	3.	nail down - make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal" finalise, finalize, settle terminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"

Translations

? nail down

vt sep

(lit) box → zunageln; carpet, lid → festnageln

(fig) person → festnageln (→ to auf +acc); I nailed him down to coming at 6 o’clock → ich nagelte ihn auf 6 Uhr fest