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mix kubidan

2 fra. clouer sur place
(az šgofti, bar jâ )mix-kub kardan
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fra. clouer (qqn) sur place : dar jâ xošk (aš) zadan

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be mix kašidan
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Instead of nailing the wrong-doers, the Bush Administration went after the guy who reported the crime, Isikoff.

(http://www.zmag.org/)

v.t.: 1. (fig.) a apuca, a prinde, a pune mâna pe. "'Leslie, how long did Captain Henry stay on in Moscow?'... ‘He stayed another week, trying to nail down train tickets beyond Kuibyshev.’" (H. Wouk, War and Remembrance) 2. a reliefa, a scoate în evidenţă; a defini, a preciza. "Doc Dineen thinks it was a man he knew-fellow by the name of John Brown. It fits in with the location of the body, all right. But we haven't been able to nail it down." (R. Macdonald, The Galton Case)

[neil daun] a) gozhdoj; b) gj.fol. siguroj, shtie në dorë

хүчээр хэлүүлэх, хүчээр нөлөөлж зөвшөөрүүлэх, гэрээ хэлэлцээр байгуулах

phrv. ตอกตะปูลง (syn. peg down, pin down); บังคับให้ (ตัดสินใจ, ตั้งใจ, กระทำ ฯลฯ) เด็ดขาด (syn. peg down, pin down, tie down to); มั่นใจเกี่ยวกับ