tack down

verb

To fix to the ground, with or as if with tacks.

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Meanings

verbtack down (third-person singular simple present tacks down, present participle tacking down, simple past and past participle tacked down)

present singular third person tacks down · participle present tacking down · participle past tacked down · past tacked down

  1. To fix to the ground, with or as if with tacks.
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APA

tack down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tack%20down

MLA

“tack down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tack%20down. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tack down,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tack%20down.

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