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What does nail-biting mean?

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Adjective
  1. That causes nervous anticipation or suspense
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If it is good old-fashioned, nail-biting, tension gripped, nerve jangling action you are looking for, then tune in to the weekly Championship episode.
But actual nail-biting tension is something of a lost art among the newest members of Hollywood's hacks.
The climax, with all its moments of high drama and nail-biting tension, is classic adventure story stuff.
Worthy of comparison to the best Hitchcock films, it ends in nail-biting devastation.
A nail-biting investigation on the dividing line between myth and reality, between folklore and history, medicine and superstition.
We expect plenty of nail-biting tension but lots of good humour and grace under fire as well.

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