to pin up
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3.6
- phrasal verb
- /pɪn ʌp/
- Her mother visited and brought a picture, blown up poster-size, for her to pin up on her wall beside an illustration of the Rocky Mountains.
- pin up on the wall
- poster pinned up
- hair pinned up
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Watch on YouTubeAnd I'll create a curl and then pin those bad boys up.
- And I'll create a curl and then pin those bad boys up.
- Someone wandering the streets at night, scrawling things on the wall, pinning up different newspaper articles and connecting them with red string.
- OK, so once you finish the last piece on the other side, I'm going to pin that bad boy up as well.
Examples
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And I said, "No, I was just gonna actually "pin this note up by your door."
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The next morning, I go to get the poster, and pin it up in the next town.
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And then maybe you can pin it up for me.
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I want to pin it up.
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Peter has a copy pinned up in the conference room.
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So now what I'm going to do, and I'm just going to like pin it up like that so it stays.
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Beneath them, he pins up a large map of Colombia.
Fiction book (2002) -
Someone wandering the streets at night, scrawling things on the wall, pinning up different newspaper articles and connecting them with red string.
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So First things first, we're going to pin up the bangs and the first product I'm going to be using is the Milk Makeup Hydro Grip primer.
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The teacher decided to pin up the important announcements on the bulletin board.
Synonyms
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1.0
To attach something to a surface or push it into with a point
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2.5
To join or fasten one thing to another so they stay together
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1.0
To fasten something with a small pointed object
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1.8
Stay attached to a surface
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2.3
Put something on a wall or hook so it stays off the ground
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2.7
Put something on a surface so it stays in place
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1.6
Hold something in place so it cannot move
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1.0
To attach something with a thin pointed piece of metal
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3.8
To attach something to a support for display
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4.9
Fasten something to a surface with small nails or pins
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1.0
To fasten things together using a small metal or plastic device
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1.8
To make someone stay in one place or keep their attention on something
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5.0
To attach something to another thing by sticking or fastening it
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1.0
To attach something firmly so it does not move
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3.7
To attach something in place with a pin
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5.5
To hang things for decoration or display
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5.4
To fasten something to a surface with a small nail or pin
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2.0
To fasten something using a small pin
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2.8
Attach something to a wall or wood by turning a metal piece into it
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4.5
Attach posters or papers to a wall using glue
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4.4
To attach papers to a board with a short pin
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1.7
To put a small sticky picture or label on something
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9.1
To fasten thin pieces of wood with small nails
How Secure
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to fasten or attach something to a surface using a pin' is directly and transparently built from 'pin' (to attach with a pin) plus the directional/particle sense of 'up' indicating placement onto a surface. This is a common English verb+particle construction that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer without prior exposure.
Etymology
Pin up comes from the simple action of using a pin to put something up on a wall or noticeboard, like pinning a photo or a note in place. So it now means 'to fasten or attach something to a surface'.