nail down

1. 1.

   succeed in obtaining a position

   “He nailed down a spot at Harvard”

   Synonymsnailpeg

   Broadersucceed
2. 2.

   define clearly

   “I cannot narrow down the rules for this game”

   Synonymspin downpeg downnarrow downnarrowspecify

   Broaderdetermine

   Narrowerconcretize
3. 3.

   make final; put the last touches on; put into final form

   “let's finalize the proposal”

   Synonymsfinalizefinalisesettle

   Broaderend

Questions about nail down

What does nail down mean?

nail down means "succeed in obtaining a position". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for nail down?

Close synonyms include nail, peg, pin down, peg down, narrow down. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nail down a common word?

nail down is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.