to pin
- verb
- /pɪn/
- We'll pin 'em down there, then split up and finish the job.
- try to pin
Everybody, nobody lives pinned in a moral certainty.
- Everybody, nobody lives pinned in a moral certainty.
- They just run elk and moose down until they're exhausted and then pin them and kill them.
- And what the neodymium and the sumerium are there for is simply to kind of pin that magnetism in place.
- They didn't want to get pinned, so he'd take him down.
- And then Nala, the the young lioness in the film says, I pinned you.
Examples
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We need to do this very carefully here and then pin it just there.
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The force of a monster wave can pin you right down to the bottom.
Academic text (1992) -
All units, pin 'em in!
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Lay the pattern on the cloth and pin it down so that it will not slip.
Fiction book (1992) -
Stuart looks up, and Charlie gets him in a headlock and pins him to the ground.
Fiction book (1993) -
Two more cops are moving on Jim, pinning both his arms and dragging him off stage.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Is that better, baby?" Alex braced himself over Michael, pinning him down at the shoulders.
Fiction book (1991) -
She used a heavy rock to pin the cardboard to the ground during the windy day.
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The coach had to pin the player's shoulders to the mat to secure his victory.
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He managed to pin the map on the board with a couple of thumbtacks.
Synonyms
To catch and hold someone or something so they cannot leave
To become stiff and unable to move a part of the body
Hold something in place so it cannot move
To fasten something with a band so it stays in place
To hold something in place so it does not move
Put something on a surface so it stays in place
To stop movement or action
To fasten things together using a small metal or plastic device
To attach something in place with a pin
To attach something to a wall or board with a pin
To fasten something so it does not move
To tie someone's arms or legs so they cannot move
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A small metal part inside a gun that hits the cartridge to start the bullet moving
- Specialized
A metal pin with split ends that you put through a hole and bend apart to hold parts together
- Specialized
A set of small metal pins inside a lock that a key lines up to open it
- Neologism
A small metal object worn on clothing to show support for a person or group
- US
A large oak tree that grows fast with deeply cut leaves and bright red color in autumn
- Specialized
A pin people place across a post on a ship to stop a rope from slipping off
- Specialized
A small round metal or wooden rod that you put into holes in two pieces to hold them together
- Specialized
A metal pin that joins the piston to the connecting rod in an engine so the piston can turn slightly
A small to medium oak tree from east-central North America with leaves that have many sharp points
- Specialized
A small hard part inside a sirloin steak between the flat bone and the porterhouse
- Specialized
A small metal rod that joins a piston to the rod that moves it in an engine
How Restrained
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pin meaning to hold firmly comes from the same idea of fixing with a peg, from old English pinn. So if someone is pinned, they are held down and cannot move.