Nail
Winning
Winning noun - Succeeding with great difficulty.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Nail, psyched up, challenges Freeza to a fight, only for Guru to reveal via Internal Monologue that he knows perfectly well Nail hasn't got a chance of winning, and furthermore that Guru knows a technique that would let Nail have a chance but never taught him it because... Guru's a jerk.
Source: Jerk with a Heart of Jerk - In Spite of a Nail: Despite Ash winning against Sabrina the first time, he still incurs her wrath, because he does not use Haunter and therefore cannot purify her soul.
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For Want of a Nail: The shape of the story changes drastically all because of Makoto winning a fake escape switch and getting sick with a severe fever caused by electrocution when he presses it, leading him to regain his lost memories.
Source: Visual Novel / Dangan Ronpa
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