nail

hit hard

horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits

take into custody

complete a pass

locate exactly

“The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome”

succeed at easily

“She nailed her astrophysics course”

succeed in obtaining a position

“He nailed down a spot at Harvard”

a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

attach something somewhere by means of nails

“nail the board onto the wall”