Related Words for nail down

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finalize
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Verb, Verb
nail
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Verb, Noun, Verb
narrow
/x
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
peg
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Verb, Noun, Verb
pin down
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Phrase, Verb
settle
/x
Verb, Verb, Noun
specify
/xx
Noun, Verb
fasten
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Verb
attach
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Verb
glue
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Noun
cement
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Noun
lock
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Noun
cleat
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Noun
latch on
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Phrase, Verb
implant
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Noun
set down
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Phrase, Verb
mortar
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Noun
put down roots
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Phrase, Verb
clinch
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Noun
affix
/x
Noun
tighten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
preen
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Noun
hook
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Noun
tighten
/x
Verb
hold together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
hinge
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Noun
write down
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Phrase, Verb
tenon
/x
Noun
solder
/x
Noun
adhere
x/
Verb
tie the knot
/x/
Phrase, Verb
turn up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
bind
/
Noun
stake
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Noun
tie up
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Phrase, Verb
stick together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
hang
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Verb
lacquer
/x
Noun
lay down
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Phrase, Verb
button up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
connect
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Verb
bond
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Noun
hold down
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Phrase, Verb
link up
/x
Phrase, Verb
fixate
/x
Verb
take
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Verb
topcoat
/x
Noun
establish
x/x
Verb
cohere
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Verb
narrow down
/xx
Phrase, Verb
apply
x/
Verb
firm
/
Noun
close in
/x
Phrase, Verb
erect
x/
Adjective
anchor
/x
Noun
weld
/
Noun
take root
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Phrase, Verb
lay on
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Phrase, Verb
take hold
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Phrase, Verb
finish
/x
Noun
secure
x/
Adjective
seal
/
Noun
grow
/
Verb
enclose
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Verb
lock up
/x
Phrase, Verb
shore up
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Phrase, Verb
sole
/
Noun
crystallize
/xx
Verb
hold
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Noun
put down to
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Phrase, Verb
install
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Verb
lodge
/
Noun
plant
/
Noun
buckle up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hang together
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
wrap up
//
Phrase, Verb
round out
//
Phrase, Verb
end up
//
Phrase, Verb
weight down
/x
Phrase, Verb
lute
/
Noun
set in stone
/x/
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
straighten up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
root
/
Noun
manicure
/xx
Noun
bring to bear
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Phrase, Verb
dovetail
/x
Noun
point
/
Noun
put up
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Phrase, Verb, Adjective
underpin
/xx
Verb
tone
/
Noun
straighten out
/x/
Phrase, Verb
veneer
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Noun
sew up
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Phrase, Verb
come down
//
Phrase, Verb
set up
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Phrase, Verb, Adjective
limber up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
interlock
xx/
Noun
collar
/x
Noun
pencil in
/xx
Phrase, Verb
sign on the dotted line
//x/x/
Phrase, Verb
lay a foundation
/xx/x
Phrase, Verb
execute
/xx
Verb
follow through
/x/
Phrase, Verb
conclude
x/
Verb
append
x/
Noun
get hold of
///
Phrase, Verb
take in
/x
Phrase, Verb
finish off
/xx
Phrase, Verb
hold firm
//
Phrase, Verb
inset
/x
Noun
accomplish
x/x
Verb
tie in
/x
Phrase, Verb, Noun
annex
/x
Noun
nitride
/x
Noun
hook up
//
Phrase, Verb
put pen to paper
/x//x
Phrase, Verb
commit
x/
Verb
glaze
/
Noun
stud
/
Noun
placard
/x
Noun
stabilize
/xx
Verb
bring to terms
///
Phrase, Verb
lay to
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Phrase, Verb
polish
/x
Noun
last
/
Adjective
formalize
/xx
Verb
chalk up
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Phrase, Verb
dado
/x
Noun
locate
/x
Verb
saddle up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
pinnacle
/xx
Noun
entrench
x/
Verb
sharpen
/x
Verb
clay
/
Noun
paint
/
Noun
joint
/
Noun
assemble
x/x
Verb
brace up
//
Phrase, Verb
tool
/
Noun
keep to
//
Phrase, Verb
join up
//
Phrase, Verb
plug into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
ace
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
after
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
against
x/
Noun
almost
/x
Adverb, Noun
along
x/
Adverb
alt
/
Noun, Adjective
an
/
Noun
apart
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
apprehend
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Verb
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
arrowhead
/xx
Noun
ashore
x/
Adverb
attempt
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Noun, Verb
away
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb
awl
/
Noun, Adjective
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
backwards
/x
Adverb, Adjective
ball
/
Noun, Verb
bead
/
Noun, Verb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
beneath
x/
Adverb
blade
/
Noun, Verb
blast
/
Noun, Verb
blue
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
bolt
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
bomb
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
boom
/
Noun, Verb
boot
/
Noun, Verb
borrow
/x
Verb, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
brad
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Name, Verb
bristle
/x
Noun, Verb
broke
/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
bullet
/x
Noun, Verb
bust
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
button
/x
Noun, Verb
cache
/
Noun, Verb
calm
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
cartilaginous
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Adjective
catch
/
Verb, Noun
centerpiece
/xx
Noun
chalk
/
Noun, Verb
chisel
/x
Noun, Verb
chlorine
/x
Noun
cigar
x/
Noun
circuitous
x/xx
Adjective
civilize
/xx
Verb
claw
/
Noun, Verb
clench
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Noun, Verb
clout
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Noun, Verb
coated
/x
Adjective
comb
/
Noun, Verb
complete
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
constrained
x/
Adjective
consume
x/
Verb
cop
/
Noun, Verb
corporatist
/xxx
Noun, Adjective
cultivate
/xx
Verb
cut
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
cut down
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
damn
/
Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Noun
deactivated
x/xxx
Verb
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
decline
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Noun, Verb
decoupled
x/x
Verb
decrease
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Noun, Verb
dejected
x/x
Adjective
demolish
x/x
Verb
depressed
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Adjective
descend
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Verb, Noun
descendant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
descent
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Noun
destroy
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Verb
detail
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Noun, Verb
deterministic
xxx/x
Adjective
devour
x/x
Verb
die
/
Verb, Noun
dimensional
x/xx
Adjective
dip
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Noun, Verb
disable
x/x
Verb, Adjective
disconnect
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Noun, Verb
disconnection
xx/x
Noun
dismount
xx
Verb, Noun
dispirited
x/xx
Adjective
dive
/
Noun, Verb
divine
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
doorknob
/x
Noun
dormant
/x
Adjective, Noun
downcast
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
downed
/
Adjective
downhill
//
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
downstairs
//
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
downstream
//
Adverb, Adjective, Verb
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
drifts
/
Noun, Verb
drop
/
Noun, Verb
duck
/
Noun, Verb
earth
/
Noun, Verb
eases
/x
Verb, Noun
eat
/
Verb, Noun
educate
/xx
Verb
elevator
/xxx
Noun, Verb
enamel
x/x
Noun, Verb
end
/
Noun, Verb
etched
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Adjective
fade
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fail
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
fallen
/x
Adjective, Noun
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
feathers
/x
Verb
feet
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Noun
ferocity
x/xx
Noun
file
/
Noun, Verb
fill
/
Verb, Noun
finger
/x
Noun, Verb
fingernail
/xx
Noun
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
forth
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
forward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fractional
/xx
Adjective, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
glove
/
Noun, Verb
go
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
grab
/
Verb, Noun
ground
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
gun
/
Noun, Verb
gutter
/x
Noun, Verb
hammer
/x
Noun, Verb
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
highlight
/x
Verb, Noun
hilt
/
Noun, Verb
hock
/
Noun, Verb
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
idle
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
image
/x
Noun, Verb
inactive
x/x
Adjective, Noun
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
inoperative
x/xxx
Adjective
integrated
/xxx
Adjective
intercellular
xx/xx
Adjective
into
x/
Noun
jedi
/x
Name
judgment
/x
Noun
kill
/
Verb, Noun
kneel
/
Verb
knife
/
Noun, Verb
knock down
//
Phrase, Verb
land
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Noun, Verb