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nailing someone to the wall

nailing someone to the wall is the present participle and gerund 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 nailing someone to the wall

What is nailing someone to the wall the present participle and gerund of?
Nailing someone to the wall is the present participle and gerund of nail someone to the wall.

Words near nailing someone to the wall in the dictionary

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

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