clinched

verb

1. 1

   To clasp; to interlock.

2. 2

   To make certain; to finalize.

   “I already planned to buy the car, but the color was what really clinched it for me.”

3. 3

   To fasten securely or permanently.

4. 4

   To bend and hammer the point of (a nail) so it cannot be removed.

5. 5

   To embrace passionately.

6. 6

   To hold firmly; to clench.

7. 7

   To set closely together; to close tightly.

   “to clinch the teeth or the fist”