to nail down
51nail something down — identify something precisely. → nail …
52narrow down — verb 1. define clearly (Freq. 1) I cannot narrow down the rules for this game • Syn: ↑pin down, ↑peg down, ↑nail down, ↑narrow, ↑specify • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
53pin down — verb 1. define clearly (Freq. 1) I cannot narrow down the rules for this game • Syn: ↑peg down, ↑nail down, ↑narrow down, ↑narrow, ↑specify • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
54peg down — verb 1. fasten or secure with a wooden pin (Freq. 1) peg a tent • Syn: ↑peg • See Also: ↑peg down (for: ↑peg) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
55pin down — 1) our troops can pin down the enemy Syn: confine, trap, hem in, corner, close in, shut in, hedge in, pen in, restrain, entangle, enmesh, immobilize 2) she tried to pin him down to a plan Syn …
56pin someone/something down — 1 our troops can pin down the enemy: CONFINE, TRAP, hem in, corner, close in, shut in, hedge in, pen in, restrain, entangle, enmesh …
57pin down — Synonyms and related words: allocate, anchor, assign, balance, ballast, bind, bridle, chain, collocate, counterbalance, denominate, deploy, designate, determine, dispose, emplace, enchain, entrammel, fasten, fetter, firm, firm up, fix, freeze,… …
58History in For Want of a Nail — For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne Had Won at Saratoga is an alternate history novel by Robert Sobel that takes the form of a history of North America from 1763 to 1971. Over the course of its 441 pages, For Want of a Nail details the failure of the …
59the nail that sticks up gets hammered down — Japanese proverb. 1972 J. HOHENBERG New Era in Pacific 145 It will be a long time before the Japanese give up faith in the group creed: ‘The nail that sticks up must be hammered down.’ 1982 K. OHMAE Mind of Strategist 228 Whenever I wanted to do… …
60Write This Down (band) — Write This Down Origin Minneapolis, Minnesota Genres Post hardcore, Christian rock, hard rock, melodic metalcore Years active 2005 (2005)–present …
