Nail and Take on

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

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Take on and nail are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take on" instead a verb "Nail".

Nearby Words: nailed, nailer, nailing

Take on verb - To enter into contest or conflict with.

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Nail and take on are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nail" instead a verb "Take on".

In a Tiny Toon Adventures take on "Goldilocks and the Three Bears", where the Bear family lives in an ultra-modernized home, Mama Bear has a gadget (similar to an electric pencil sharpener) that instantly repairs a nail after breaking it while cooking "homemade" porridge in the microwave.

Source: I Broke a Nail
Russo had a pet gimmick called Beaver Cleavage (a hypersexual take on ''Leave It to Beaver') that he fought with the rest of Creative tooth and nail over to get on the air.

Source: Executive Meddling / Professional Wrestling
In the X Japan 2010 Rusty Nail PV (the non-anime one), this is subverted - Toshi looks like he's going to take on the role of Badass Driver as he got into the Maserati.

Source: Badass Driver

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