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nail definition


  1. tv.
    to arrest someone. (See also nailed.) : The cops nailed him right in his own doorway.

  2. Go to coffin nail. :
  3. tv.
    to identify someone. : The officer nailed Freddy, thanks to the description the victim provided.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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nail

In addition to the idioms beginning with nail, also see bite one's nails; fight tooth and nail; hard as nails; hit the bull's-eye (nail on the head); on the nail.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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