Appropriate
Appropriate verb - To take (something) without right and with an intent to keep.
Usage example: you can't just appropriate somebody's term paper and put your name on it!
Nail and appropriate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nail" instead a verb "Appropriate".
Nail
Nail verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Appropriate and nail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appropriate" instead a verb "Nail".
Common collocations
| heads | appropriate heads | nail heads |
Both words in one sentence
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The misunderstanding is appropriate since Seishirou's situation mirrors Chitoge's and Kosaki hits the nail on the head when she says "Chitoge's friend" is in love.
Source: Manga / Nisekoi - In the very first scene, he's drinking, flirting with a female soldier, downplaying yet at the same time bragging about his abilities to nail beautiful women, carousing with a soldier, and making morbid yet situation-appropriate jokes.
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Speaking of Tooth and Nail, it was the other premier deck archtype of the Mirrodin era, as the power it yields when cast with Entwine makes it disproportionately devastating and appropriate for a hefty 7GG.
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