screw down

"But they have to be screwed down to the floor," Mother said.

It will have to be screwed down much more tightly.

Their radio operator has screwed down the key of his set.

This helps keep the nut in place while not screwed down.

We'll have to start screwing down some lids around here.

The lid of the coffin had not been screwed down.

A coffin lid might have been screwed down on the world.

"I screw down the lid and bring the sample to the lab."

He found that screwing down the brakes stopped the train.

The Times screwed down rebukes to make the juice run out.

It was like being screwed down in a coffin made for someone two sizes smaller than he.

The middle pickup is screwed down and not used.

Screwed down for life, as Iowa Bob would have said.

And your fuel mixture looks to me like it's screwed down so you wouldn't get any air at all.

They are then glued in place, and stapled or screwed down.

"Here or there," Bob would have said, "we're screwed down for life."

Then he quickly screwed down the floorboards and replaced the rug.

He took an extra moment to screw down the helmet, then hit the cycle button.

I don't expect you heard anyone screwing down the lid, really, George.

Both designs could be screwed down to lock the wheels in a fixed position.

It's a revolving crew, but the concept has been screwed down tightly.

What a pass we have come to when state pensions have been screwed down so far.

Some o' the rooms where we took the clients had windows, but they were screwed down tight.

The schedule of rates was screwed down over 500% on what used to be paid for the same service before the Act.