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Definition of 'pin down'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify
define clearly
"I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"

2. (verb) trap, pin down
place in a confining or embarrassing position
"He was trapped in a difficult situation"

3. (verb) pin down, pin up
attach with or as if with a pin
"pin up a picture"

Definition of 'pin down'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) pin down
to force sb to decide
I'm trying to pin her down to set a date.

2. pin down
to try to find out exact details
They're trying to pin down exactly where she was before she died.

3. pin down
to hold down against the ground
Two police officers pinned him down.

Translation of 'pin down'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to make (someone) give a definite answer, statement, opinion or promise I can't pin him down to a definite date for his arrival.
Afrikaans: presiese antwoord gee	Arabic: يَجعَلُه يُعْطي جوابا مؤك	Bulgarian: отговарявм точно
Brazilian: prender	Czech: přimět	German: festnageln
Danish: få nogen til at forpligte	Greek: στριμώχνω, δεσμεύω	Spanish: abligar a uno a que concr
Estonian: (kedagi) vastu seina suru	Farsi: کسی را وادار به تصمیم گیر	Finnish: painostaa jk tekemään pää
French: obligerà	Hebrew: לאלץ אותו לְהִתחֲייֵב ל-	Hindi: निश्चित जवाब, वादा या विच
Croatian: natjerati na, točno odred	Hungarian: kihúz vkiből (ígéretet st	Indonesian: menyuruh memberi ketentua
Icelandic: knÿja fram ákveðið svar	Italian: vincolare	Japanese: 明言させる
Korean: 결단을 내리게 하다	Lithuanian: priversti pasakyti	Latvian: piespiest (solīt, pateikt
Malay: mendesak	Dutch: houden aan	Norwegian: få (noen) til å binde/for
Polish: wymusić na, wyciągnąć z	Persian: کسی را وادار به تصمیم گیر	Pashto: یو سری ته د لاس ورکولو لپ
Portuguese: prender	Romanian: a spune cu precizie	Russian: добиться конкретного отве
Slovak: prinútiť	Slovenian: pritisniti koga ob zid	Serbian: pritegnuti
Swedish: tvinga (få) ngn till	Thai: ทำให้ตัดสินใจ	Turkish: kesin karar verdirmek
Taiwanese: 迫使某人守約	Ukrainian: приперти до стіни; загнат	Urdu: پابند کرنا
Vietnamese: bắt buộc ai phải giữ lời	Chinese: 迫使某人守约
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