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Definition of Pin down
1. Verb. Define clearly. "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"
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"
3. Verb. Attach with or as if with a pin. "Pin up a picture"
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
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 ..."