pin down
pin
pÉĒn
pin
down
daƊn
dawn
/pˈÉĒn dˈaƊn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "pin down"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to pin down
[phrase form: pin]
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āĻĒāĻŋāύ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāĻŋāύ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϏ⧁āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to secure something in place using pins or similar objects
Transitive: to pin down sth
to pin down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She twisted her hair and pinned it down for the evening.
āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚ⧁āϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϟāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to restrict someone or something, limiting their freedom or options
Transitive: to pin down sb/sth
to pin down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The strict rules pin down creativity and innovation.
āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āϏ⧃āϜāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāϕ⧇ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to clarify a particular detail or aspect after precise investigation
Transitive: to pin down a detail or aspect of a problem
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Through careful research, she pinned the inconsistencies down in his testimony.
āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻŽā§‡, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to pressure someone into being clear, decisive, and specific in their actions or responses
Transitive: to pin down sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the negotiation, the other party tried to avoid committing to a price, but we were persistent in pinning them down to a specific figure.
āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϏāĻ‚āĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻŋāύ āĻĄāĻžāωāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧃āĻĸāĻŧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻļāύāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to determine the exact location of someone or something
Transitive: to pin down location of someone or something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After hours of searching, they finally managed to pin the lost hiker down to a specific area in the forest.
āϘāĻŖā§āϟāĻžāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇āĻ• āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āĻŦāύ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āύāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to hold an enemy force in a specific location, making it difficult for them to move or escape by firing at them
Transitive: to pin down an enemy force
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The enemy forces used heavy artillery to pin down the advancing troops, preventing them from moving forward.
āĻļāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀ āĻ…āĻ—ā§āϰāϏāϰāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āφāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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