nail down, v.
freq. cnt. 1
freq. cnt. 1
succeed in obtaining a position
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
nail nail down peg
sample sentences
"He nailed down a spot at Harvard"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
<verb.change>
finalise finalize nail down settle
sample sentences
"let's finalize the proposal"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
also see
semantic pointers
hypernym
define clearly
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
nail down narrow narrow down peg down pin down specify
sample sentences
"I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something PP
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s something PP
lexical pointers
derivationally related form