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To nail someone is to have sex with them. Like a nail driving into a piece of wood.

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The sexual meaning above may hold in parts of the world; in the US it means (or can also mean) to demonstrate with complete confidence that a person is guilty of something, or has lied.

The image is of using a nail to fix something down. Said of a fugitive, nailed may mean caught or identified. Said of a defendant in court, it means "found guilty." In action, to nail something is to accomplish it handily. In art, to nail an expression or a feeling is to represent or evoke it perfectly. "You nailed it" means "You got it exactly right."

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