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Discover Ludwig"nail it down" is a correct and very commonly used phrase in written English.
It is usually used to mean to ensure that something is secured or finalized, or to get an exact answer or result to a question/issue. For example: "We need to nail it down so that there is no confusion about when the project is due."
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"The problem with this process is that you have so many rumors floating around its hard to nail it down," Mr. Cabble said.
A few days later, we nail it down to Saturday.
"I've never been able to nail it down myself," he said.
"He understands that this will nail it down with the base.
Nicklaus seemed to nail it down at 12 with a birdie for a two-shot lead.
He had trouble holding the tin in place while he tried to nail it down.
"We're the ones who want to nail it down," he said.
That's how you can nail it down after this many years," Tumulty said.
"I had to nail it down – and say, 'Come on, please look at this more closely.
"This is what we suspect, but we have yet to nail it down," a French official said.
At Saks Fifth Avenue last week a salesman said, "If you don't nail it down, they're going to take it".
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