Nail
Nail noun - A thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener.
Taking
Taking noun - The act of someone who picks up or takes something.
Both words in one sentence
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In Family Guy, when a boy was faced with taking Meg on a date, he resorted to shooting himself in the stomach with a shop class nail gun to get out of it.
Source: Nail 'Em -
A series of people are shown taking a shot, including Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, The Pope, Nixon, Castro, an alien and Jesus with a nail gun!
Source: Who Shot JFK? - When this came out it put the last nail in the coffin of taking the monster seriously in a costume approximating to a green pantomime horse.
Source: Pantomime Animal
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