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nails someone to the wall

nails someone to the wall is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 nails someone to the wall

What is nails someone to the wall the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Nails someone to the wall is the third-person singular simple present indicative of nail someone to the wall.

Words near nails someone to the wall in the dictionary

  1. nails down
  2. nails it
  3. nails Jell-O to a wall
  4. nails on a chalkboard
  5. nails one's colours to the mast
  6. nails someone to the wall
  7. nails the hammer on the head
  8. nails to the counter
  9. Nailsea
  10. Nailses
  11. nailset

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