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nailing it

nailing it is the present participle and gerund of nail it.

Meaning of nail it

Verb

nail it (third-person singular simple present nails it, present participle nailing it, simple past and past participle nailed it)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nail, it.
  2. To succeed at a difficult task.
    • One girl decided to recreate the look for her prom and totally nailed it.2008 March 15, “Teen recreates iconic Kylie Jenner look for prom – and totally nails it.”, in Hello Magazine
  3. Synonym of hit the nail on the head.

Questions about nailing it

What is nailing it the present participle and gerund of?
Nailing it is the present participle and gerund of nail it.

Words near nailing it in the dictionary

  1. nailguns
  2. nailhead
  3. nailheads
  4. nailing
  5. nailing down
  6. nailing it
  7. nailing Jell-O to a wall
  8. nailing one's colours to the mast
  9. nailing someone to the wall
  10. nailing the hammer on the head
  11. nailing to the counter

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nailing it (page history and authors); nail it (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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