nail to the counter

English

Etymology

From the old practice of nailing a counterfeit coin to a shop counter.

Verb

nail to the counter (third-person singular simple present nails to the counter, present participle nailing to the counter, simple past and past participle nailed to the counter)

  1. (transitive) To expose publicly as false.
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