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Horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits |
| 2. |
A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener |
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A former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard |
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Attach something somewhere by means of nails Nail the board onto the wall |
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Take into custody The police nabbed the suspected criminals |
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Hit hard He smashed a 3-run homer |
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Succeed in obtaining a position He nailed down a spot at Harvard |
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Succeed at easily She sailed through her exams You will pass with flying colors She nailed her astrophysics course |
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Locate exactly Can you pinpoint the position of the enemy? The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome |
| 10. |
Complete a pass |
| noun | horny structure, unguis |
| noun | fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing |
| noun | linear unit
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| verb | attach, nail down
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| verb | collar, apprehend, arrest, pick up, nab, cop, seize, prehend, clutch |
| verb | smash, boom, blast, hit |
| verb | nail down, peg, succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods
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| verb | breeze through, ace, pass with flying colors, sweep through, sail through, pass, make it
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| verb | pinpoint, locate, turn up
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| verb | complete, play |