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- the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook
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- batter,
- beat,
- buffet,
- bung,
- chop,
- cuff,
- drub,
- lace,
- lambaste
- (or lambast),
- lick,
- mangle,
- maul,
- pelt,
- pepper,
- pommel,
- pummel,
- rough
- bowl (down or over),
- cream,
- deck,
- dump
- [slang],
- fell,
- floor,
- knock down,
- level
Phrases Synonymous with nail
- this latest infidelity nails it—I'm filing for divorce
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- an investigative report that nailed the teenage novelist as someone who had plagiarized the works of others
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- the very first time I tried to steal anything, I got nailed
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- the running back saw the pass coming in and nailed it
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The first known use of nail was before the 12th century
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