āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
pin down
/pËÉĒn dËaĘn/
to pin down
[phrase form: pin]
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āĻĒāĻŋāύ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāύā§, āĻĒāĻŋāύ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āϏā§āϰāĻā§āώāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to secure something in place using pins or similar objects
Transitive: to pin down sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She twisted her hair and pinned it down for the evening.
āϏ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϞ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāύā§āϧā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĒāĻŋāύ āĻāϰ⧠āϰā§āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻāĻāĻžāύā§
to restrict someone or something, limiting their freedom or options
Transitive: to pin down sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The strict rules pin down creativity and innovation.
āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽ āϏā§āĻāύāĻļā§āϞāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻā§ āϏā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
03
āύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to clarify a particular detail or aspect after precise investigation
Transitive: to pin down a detail or aspect of a problem
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Through careful research, she pinned the inconsistencies down in his testimony.
āϏāϤāϰā§āĻ āĻāĻŦā§āώāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϧā§āϝāĻŽā§, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻā§āώā§āϝ⧠āĻ
āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻā§āĻāϏā§āϝāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
04
āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰāĻž
to pressure someone into being clear, decisive, and specific in their actions or responses
Transitive: to pin down sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
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.
āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻ
āύā§āϝ āĻĒāĻā§āώāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻļā§āϰā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻŋāύ āĻĄāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻĸāĻŧ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽāĨ¤
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āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻļāύāĻžāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to determine the exact location of someone or something
Transitive: to pin down location of someone or something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After hours of searching, they finally managed to pin the lost hiker down to a specific area in the forest.
āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāύā§āĻ āĻ
āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āώ⧠āĻŦāύā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāϞāĻžāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰāĻā§ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŖāϝāĻŧ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āϏāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻā§ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āύāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āύāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
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
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The enemy forces used heavy artillery to pin down the advancing troops, preventing them from moving forward.
āĻļāϤā§āϰ⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧠āĻ
āĻā§āϰāϏāϰāĻŽāĻžāύ āϏā§āύā§āϝāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻā§ āϰāĻžāĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧāĻž āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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