Nail and Post

Nail

Nail verb - To deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner.

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Post and nail are semantically related in fasten topic. In some cases you can use "Post" instead the word "Nail" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: nailed, nailer, nailing

Post verb - To affix (as a notice) to or on a suitable place.

Usage example: the student organizations generally post their announcements on the campus bulletin board

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Nail and post are semantically related in affix topic. Sometimes you can use "Nail" instead the word "Post" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: posted, posting, poster, postage

long	long nail	long post
certain	certain nail	certain post
original	original nail	original post
fake	fake nail	fake post
Other adjectives: single, sharp, small, actual, real, wooden, bad, main, new, final, broken, last.

someone	nail someone	post someone
song	nail song	post song

Said safety was non-functional and the nail was found embedded half an inch deep in a wood post 120 feet away.

Source: Nail 'Em
Interestingly, Gibson noted the The Sheep Look Up is one of the few novels pre-to-post cyberpunk that came anywhere close to hitting the prediction nail on the head.

Source: Cyber Punk
He can also pick off a running man at 200 yards with a muzzle-loader, and in The Leatherstocking Tales he does frontier William Tell tricks, including firing a musket-ball into another musket-ball which his compatriots had used to drive a nail into a post at 50 yards.

Source: The Gunslinger

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