The phrase "a tack in" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are referring to a physical tack being placed in something, or metaphorically to indicate a point of focus or a specific issue.
Example: "There was a tack in the wall that caught my attention during the meeting."
Alternatives: "a pin in" or "a point in".
"When a person has a tack in their shoe, and they are expecting pain, their blood pressure goes crazy," he added.
Some participants have tried to outsmart the machine by inserting a tack in their shoe to alter their readings and thus possibly interfere with the results, a cheating method that Mr. Grogan called an old wives' tale.
The highlight came when Rollins was joined by Christian McBride on bass and Roy Haynes, six years older than Sonny and dressed sharp as a tack in a slick white suit, on drums.
Australia's Torvar Mirsky took the top prize without putting in a tack in anger but, just by finishing third, Britain's Ian Williams has taken over the lead of the 2011 World Match Race Tour.
One example is to put a tack in your shoe and inflict pain on yourself to disrupt the test, resulting in lots of sudden spikes," Mr Burgess said.. "It is obvious to me when that happens and I would explain in my report that the test was inconclusive due to disruption".
Paula Vitaris noted that the kiss "seems stuck on to the episode by a tack in its complete irrelevance to the storyline or Mulder and Scully in general".
When he came back in 1998, Mr. Dutrow lived in a tack room in his barn at Aqueduct.
A finely detailed, life-size horse, which was probably used as a display in a tack shop in the late 19th or early 20th century, was found by an antiques dealer in a packing crate in the attic of a house.
D'Angelo was wearing a red Western shirt with pearlish plastic snaps and a turquoise bolo tie, an outfit he'd bought in a tack shop in Tonasket, near the Canadian border.
Where Dutrow has come from in the past decade is a tack room in Barn 1 at Aqueduct.
Now, the biggest vodka brand there is, Smirnoff, sold by Diageo, is taking a naughty tack in a campaign that introduces two additional flavors, Fluffed Marshmallow and Whipped Cream.
