Английский словарь американских идиом - pin down
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Pin down
pin down
{v.} 1a. To keep (someone) from moving; make stay in a place or position; trap. * /Mr. Jones' leg was pinned down under the car after the accident./ * /The soldier was pinned down in the hole because rifle bullets were flying over his head./ 1b. To keep (someone) from changing what (he) says or means; make (someone) admit the truth; make (someone) agree to something. * /Mary didn't like the book but I couldn't pin her down to say what she didn't like about it./ * /I tried to pin Bob down to fix my bicycle tomorrow, but he wouldn't say that he could./ 2. To tell clearly and exactly; explain so that there is no doubt. * /The police tried to pin down the blame for the fire in the school./
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1. If you try to pin something down, you try to discover exactly what, where, or when it is. It has taken until now to pin down its exact location... I can only pin it down to between 1936 and 1942... If we cannot pin down exactly what we are supposed to be managing, how can we manage it? PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P to n, V P wh, also V n P 2. If you pin someone down, you force them to make a decision or to tell you what their decision is, when they have been trying to avoid doing this. She couldn’t pin him down to a date... If you pin people down, they will tell you some puzzling things about stress. PHRASAL VERB: V n P to/on n, V n P ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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