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He was nailing his lines or editing them to fit his voice: “I don’t want to look like a dummy walking with a bust-down watch,” he said.

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2021

And the lead actor, Rob McClure, who scored a Tony nomination for playing the title role in “Chaplin,” starred in “Honeymoon in Vegas,” and was featured most recently in “Beetlejuice,” was nailing his bifurcated performance.

From New York Times • May 7, 2020

Of course she was nailing it, so I knew it was going to work.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2020

How important was nailing those elements to perfecting the overall tone of the show?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2015

Up in the loft at the back of the room, Pocock was nailing together the frame for a new shell.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown