What is the meaning of "nail" in "if they nail vaccinations"?

Question

I was watching YouTube and suddenly got an ad advertising the following - the ad is from Bloomberg

If they nail vaccinations, drugstores will be the heroes of 2021.

Checking the definition of nail in the dictionary does not make any sense to me

fasten with a nail or nails.
"the strips are simply nailed to the roof"
INFORMAL
detect or catch (someone, especially a suspected criminal).

Can someone explain what it means?

[Lexico](https://www.lexico.com/definition/nail) has **Nail 4** *verb informal* Perform (an action or task) perfectly. — Weather Vane, Mar 15 '21 at 19:19
Did you check *all* the definitions of "nail" in that dictionary? Did you check another dictionary? I checked a few of the top results for the "nail definition" Google search, and *every single one* of them contains a definition of "nail" that makes sense here. — NotThatGuy, Mar 16 '21 at 10:02
Does this answer your question? [meaning of the word "nail" in context](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/173323/meaning-of-the-word-nail-in-context) — Alexei Levenkov, Mar 17 '21 at 03:24
Does this answer your question? [What does "Nailed it" mean?](https://ell.stackexchange.com/questions/94841/what-does-nailed-it-mean) — Героям слава, Mar 17 '21 at 12:11

score 61 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '21 at 19:52

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answered Mar 15 '21 at 19:52

Kevin

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Or, colloquially, "Nailed it!". – waltinator Mar 16 '21 at 17:13
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You **Nailed** that answer – Tyler Selden Mar 16 '21 at 23:27
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@waltinator: Note that "Nailed it!" in particular is often used sarcastically in reference to doing something very *poorly*. See for example the Netflix series by that name. – Kevin Mar 17 '21 at 00:09

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