1. (

• nail

) attach something somewhere by means of nails; "nail the board onto the wall" ;

2. (

• collar ,
• nail ,
• apprehend ,
• arrest ,
• pick_up ,
• nab ,
• cop

) take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals" ;

3. (

• smash ,
• nail ,
• boom ,
• blast

) hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" ;

4. (

• nail_down ,
• nail ,
• peg

) succeed in obtaining a position; "He nailed down a spot at Harvard" ;

5. (

• breeze_through ,
• ace ,
• pass_with_flying_colors ,
• sweep_through ,
• sail_through ,
• nail

) succeed at easily; "She sailed through her exams"; "You will pass with flying colors"; "She nailed her astrophysics course" ;

6. (

• pinpoint ,
• nail

) locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome" ;

7. (

• complete ,
• nail

) complete a pass ;