TACK (UP) Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

tack (up)

verb

Definition of tack (up)

as in to nail

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Most anti-theft bags lean practical first and stylish second, but this Vantamo crescent bag nails both equally.

— Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2026
Below, find the best of the trending, minimalist ’90s nails to see you through summer into fall, and the pictures to show your nail artist.

— Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 23 July 2026

Definition of nail

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To celebrate, the president wants to offer free admissions that day to the country’s national parks, a self-serving gesture, no doubt, but one that is no surprise for a man who spent much of his adult life plastering his name on the sides of buildings, airplanes and casino hotels.

— Leonard Greene, Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2025
In one scene, Gracie Abrams texts Taylor a picture of the singer plastered on the side of a hotel in Indianapolis.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2025

Definition of plaster

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That evening, midnight-shift officers spotted the animal trotting on a residential street in the area and slowly pursued it in a patrol vehicle, some of which was shown in a short video clip the police department posted on social media Friday.

— Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
Results and scorecards post here as each bout ends, main event first.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of post

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Carlson, who had just released a documentary called The End of Men, devoted hours of airtime to proclaiming Tate’s innocence; so did the right-wing podcaster Candace Owens.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
The authors aimed to save college sports by (restricting the transfer portal) and (hard-capping NIL) but also (kneecapping the Big Ten and SEC) and proclaiming (schools can’t change conferences).

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of proclaim

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The law was constructed for a very different media marketplace in which broadcast TV distribution was the only game in town.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 23 July 2026
The work is invisible because nobody is paying for it, and the people doing it have no reason to broadcast a decade of unpaid effort with no outcome attached yet.

— Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of broadcast

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