Jail
Jail verb - To put in or as if in prison.
Nail
Nail verb - To take or keep under one's control by authority of law.
Usage example: the very first time I tried to steal anything, I got nailed
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human jail | human nail |
| special | special jail | special nail |
| certain | certain jail | certain nail |
| stupid | stupid jail | stupid nail |
| Other adjectives: small, actual, real, big, tiny, bad, new, bigger. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Goofy then discovers the only problem was a bad nail in the horse's shoe and, despite Pete's efforts to sabotage him, rides the horse to victory and ends up sending Pete to jail.
Source: Springtime for Hitler -
Jail Bake: Played for laughs in "The Prison Job" when the guys suggested sending both a nail file in a cake and a rocket launcher in a cake for Geoff to escape.
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Later on though, you're thrown in a jail cell and have to Pixel Hunt a nail lodged in the wall.
Source: Pixel Hunt
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