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nailed someone to the wall

nailed someone to the wall is the simple past and past participle of nail someone to the wall.

Meaning of nail someone to the wall

Verb

nail someone to the wall (third-person singular simple present nails someone to the wall, present participle nailing someone to the wall, simple past and past participle nailed someone to the wall)

  1. to punish or discipline extremely harshly.
    • They would find him with the file he never sent in, nail him to the wall. There would be no time for explanations. His unmarked body would be found floating down the Charles2000, Alvin L. Ureles, The Mizar Project, page 209

Questions about nailed someone to the wall

What is nailed someone to the wall the simple past and past participle of?
Nailed someone to the wall is the simple past and past participle of nail someone to the wall.

Words near nailed someone to the wall in the dictionary

  1. nailed
  2. nailed down
  3. nailed it
  4. nailed Jell-O to a wall
  5. nailed one's colours to the mast
  6. nailed someone to the wall
  7. nailed the hammer on the head
  8. nailed to the counter
  9. nailer
  10. naileress
  11. naileresses

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