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Fasten down

//ˈfæsən daʊn// verb

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  1. 1
    To secure something so that it will not be moved away.

    "Ed Dennis couldn't specify when the Fitzgerald 's crew had begun replacing and fastening down the hatch covers, but other witnesses maintained that it wasn't at all uncommon for crews to fasten down only half of the hatch cover clamps, especially during the summer months, when the weather was good and there was no danger of encountering heavy seas."

  2. 2
    To force a firm answer (from someone); to pin down. transitive

    "For this reason, it is often difficult to fasten down a story-teller to his premises, and then to confront him with his aberrations."

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