Definition of Pin down

1. Verb. Define clearly. "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"

Exact synonyms: Nail Down, Narrow, Narrow Down, Peg Down, Specify
Generic synonyms: Determine
Specialized synonyms: Concretize
Derivative terms: Specifier

2. Verb. Place in a confining or embarrassing position. "He was trapped in a difficult situation"
Exact synonyms: Trap
Generic synonyms: Confine, Detain
Derivative terms: Trap

3. Verb. Attach with or as if with a pin. "Pin up a picture"
Exact synonyms: Pin Up
Generic synonyms: Attach

Definition of Pin down

1. Verb. to attach or secure with pins ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) to identify something (e.g. a decision or plan) clearly or specifically ¹

3. Verb. (idiomatic) to corner somebody in order to get a firm answer ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pin Down

pin-prick
pin-pricks
pin-striped
pin-tailed
pin-tailed duck
pin-tailed grouse
pin-tailed sandgrouse
pin amalgam
pin and ligature cutter
pin back
pin bone
pin cherry
pin clover
pin curl
pin down (current term)
pin implant
pin money
pin oak
pin table
pin the tail on the donkey
pin up
pin wrench
pina
pina cloth
pina colada
pinaceous
pinaces
pinacocyte

Literary usage of Pin down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sessional Papers (1902)
"There is a notice board, lettered " Goods train stop to pin down brakes," just at the summit at Copy Pit. The following are the Rules in the Company's ..."

2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1886)
"In using a stick they raise the link with it, and after they get the link entered they put the pin down with the hand. I mean to say that the usual way of ..."

3. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1883)
"In using a stick they raise the link with it, and, after they get the link entered, they put the pin down with the hand. I mean to say that the usual way of ..."

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