Be even
Nail
Nail verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.
Both terms in one sentence
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In Episode 327 of The Order of the Stick, this is the Test of the Mind the Order goes through to get to the Oracle of Sunken Valley (which prompts Roy to remark "that's the last nail in the coffin for the hope that these Tests would be even remotely original").
Source: Knights and Knaves
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