I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bobby pin
chip and pin
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Most shoppers prefer chip and pin to the old system.
drawing pin
get pins and needles
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I’ll have to move because I’m starting to get pins and needles in my foot.
panel pin
pin money
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She helped her uncle out sometimes just to earn a bit of pin money.
pin your hopes on sth (= hope for one thing that everything else depends on )
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After a difficult year, the company is pinning its hopes on its new range of products.
pins and needles
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I’ll have to move because I’m starting to get pins and needles in my foot.
put/pin the blame on sb ( also lay/place the blame on sb written ) (= blame someone, especially when it is not their fault )
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Don’t try to put the blame on me.
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Everyone laid the blame for the crisis on the government.
rolling pin
safety pin
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
rolling
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It hung glittering like early morning cobwebs on her rolling pin .
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Holding a rolling pin and determined to have the last laugh.
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Roll out the bread lightly with a rolling pin after cutting off the crusts and spread thickly with the cheese filling.
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Last drops: use a rolling pin to squeeze the remains out of tubes of toothpaste.
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When cold, break bread pieces into a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin until fine.
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Roll out with a lightly floured rolling pin to a rectangle the same size as the tin.
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Lightly fold one half of the dough back over the rolling pin , then carefully transfer to the tin.
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Everything was recovered except a rolling pin .
■ NOUN
drawing
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A drawing pin through the pocket ensures the holder does not fall out; comfort, security and peace at last.
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If you happen to.sit on a drawing pin and jump up the objective is a rear-end one.
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Using drawing pins , attach the top edge to the pelmet board.
drop
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Well you could have heard a pin drop .
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The auditorium was quiet enough to hear a pin drop .
lapel
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You can pick up shoulder patches, lapel pins , badges, and more.
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Each participant received a packet including information guides, maps, a Super Bowl cap and a Share the Warmth lapel pin .
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I packed my AK-47 lapel pin , my polyester-blend suit and some white shoes for sporty occasions.
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Writer Tim Cahill likes to hand out commemorative lapel pins .
money
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It helped when I used to do a bit of coal-bag carrying in my spare time to earn some pin money .
safety
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I love those ones where there's a piece of cloth just with a safety pin or something like that.
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One of its straps is broken and pinned with two safety pins.
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The maroon dress was neatly folded, and the coral necklace carefully pinned to the bodice with a large safety pin.
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By grade eight, she was putting safety pins in her legs and fastening them.
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Later the gadget acquired a popular name - the safety pin - and made some one else very rich.
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Heating an implement made of a straightened safety pin , he speared the bugs, then brought them to the candle flame.
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A dummy made of a diving suit, sitting in a wheelchair and wrapped with cloth was stuck with safety pins .
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Not money, and not technology unless it was as fundamental as safety pins .
tie
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Michael stared at the tie pin glinting up from the red velvet lining.
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A diamond tie pin glittered at his throat.
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Shoving his hands into the pockets of his overcoat he felt the little box that contained the tie pin .
■ VERB
hear
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Well you could have heard a pin drop.
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Suddenly you could have heard a pin drop, which is enough to make anyone feel self-conscious.
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The auditorium was quiet enough to hear a pin drop.
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You could have heard a pin drop if anyone in the room had dropped one.
hold
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Derek Jefferson held the pin for Harley's approach putt of about fifty feet.
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He asked his caddie to hold the pin .
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Yet another x-rated scene shows her in suspenders lying on a kitchen table, holding a rolling-pin.
pull
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Roman had pulled the pins out as soon as they had left the hotel and placed them in his pocket.
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Tom kept fooling with my hair, pulling out one pin after another.
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I pulled the pin out of the grenade.
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Polly said, pulling the pins out of her hair.
remove
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He picked it up and started to remove all the pins .
roll
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The owner picked up a metal rolling pin , whereupon the man took off his metal studded belt.
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Drape half of the dough over the rolling pin , then transfer to the pie pan.
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For this purpose, rolling pins , cutters of different shapes and sizes, and cake tins should be available.
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Some woman who bats him over the head with a rolling pin .
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Yet another x-rated scene shows her in suspenders lying on a kitchen table, holding a rolling-pin .
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Then you take out your rolling pin and flatten it.
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Gently roll with a rolling pin to secure.
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Roll out dough using rolling pin and then fingers to spread it on to the prepared pan.
stick
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A dummy made of a diving suit, sitting in a wheelchair and wrapped with cloth was stuck with safety pins .
use
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Never use rusty pins as they will mark the fabric.
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Roll out dough using rolling pin and then fingers to spread it on to the prepared pan.
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Last drops: use a rolling pin to squeeze the remains out of tubes of toothpaste.
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Crush biscuits either in a polythene bag using a rolling pin , or in a food processor.
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Alternatively, you could use a three pin plug with a built-in thermostat, available from electrical retailers.
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Specimens from unconsolidated gravels are not difficult to clean, any adherent sand grains being easily removed using a stout pin .
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Carefully lift the pastry lid over the pie using a rolling pin to support and arrange over the cherries.
wear
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Cranston wears pin striped suit, Crombie overcoat and refulgent black shoes.
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But then she never wore any of the pins or anything else.
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He stopped wearing the pins last year after press inquiries were made concerning the propriety of it.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be on pins and needles
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I was on pins and needles until I found out I'd won.
you could hear a pin drop
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After he finished telling the story you could have heard a pin drop.
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It was so quiet in the hall you could hear a pin drop.
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You could hear a pin drop in the auditorium during Norvell's speech.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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After a skiing accident, Dan had a pin inserted in his wrist.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But I busted the ball right in the middle of the green, maybe twenty feet past the pin .
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Drape half of the dough over the rolling pin , then transfer to the pie pan.
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Edward Cody, a World Civilization teacher, kept a map of the world with pins marking his students' birthplaces.
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Holding a rolling pin and determined to have the last laugh.
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Included in the pack are 20 specially tempered steel pins, 20 plastic caps, and a driving device.
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Loose chips will snap into place and you will hear a cracking sound as the pins are pushed deeper into the socket.
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The output enable pin of IC5 is controlled by the chip select line of the computer.
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Then it was belts, circle pins.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
back
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We would completely pin back a side for the first 20 mins, and invariably crack them.
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She wore a black swimsuit, a huge straw hat with the brim pinned back and a bad-tempered scowl.
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Hair was pinned back to give height and volume to the crown.
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She was straining against her chain with her lips curled over her teeth and her ears pinned back .
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Crusaders were pinned back in their own half for the first 20 minutes as the visiting pack was dominant.
down
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Between two people one poncho was used as a groundsheet and the other was strung up and pinned down with home-made pegs.
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Charlie has them completely pinned down .
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It is telling that economists have so far found the precise productivity benefits of information technology difficult to pin down and measure.
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When we decided we had them pinned down , they called in an air strike.
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Halcrows say they are stabilising the soil by pinning down the hillsides.
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Our whole company was pinned down .
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On the other hand, he was extremely difficult to pin down to any conclusion.
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It is hard to pin down something as elusive as a good school climate.
up
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Official invitations to all les Girls would be pinned up on the stage doorkeeper's noticeboard.
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The cape was my college graduation gown pinned up so he could walk, and now the pins were coming loose.
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She had pinned up her heavy tawny hair on top of her head but she still felt hot.
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Instead of answering she walked to the bulletin board and pinned up the clipping.
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These were the kind of people I had pinned up on my bedroom wall, and here I was meeting them.
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You pin up a wall chart listing how many calories you eat each day.
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We pin up quality ditties on corporate walls to enthuse staff of our good and noble intentions.
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You pin up another one recording how many sit-ups you managed.
■ NOUN
blame
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In so doing, he pins the blame on the symptoms of our present stasis, not its causes.
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The first is generated by people fighting to pin blame upon one another when money is lost.
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And how would it be possible, in any event, to pin the blame on an individual?
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Many observers pin the blame on the army, whose all-powerful generals are seeing their grip weaken.
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Judgment was reserved yesterday on the first legal moves to pin the blame for the contamination.
faith
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It is a nave aspirant party leader, though, who pins his faith to gratitude.
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The preservationists, pinning their faith to moral superiority and persuasive argument, were beaten back every time.
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But now he has to pin his faith on the emerging talent and pray they continue to make progress.
ground
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The marquis pinned her to the ground by her shoulders, sitting astride her so that she couldn't move.
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Limbs fall off trees and pin you to the ground .
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There seemed to be a weight on her chest, pinning her to the ground and not letting her breathe.
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She was suffocating, it was squashing her, pinning her to the ground .
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Two of my other men came running over and they had to pin me to the ground .
hair
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And I usually pin my hair up and stick it under a baseball cap.
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Now that they were a block from church she pulled off the kerchief and slipped the bobby pins from her hair .
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Nor had she pinned her hair securely; it was beginning to break loose.
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Her red lipstick was smudged and she hadn't bothered to pin up her hair properly at the sides.
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Then Andrew made his way back to Nero, and Topaz began to pin up her hair .
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She might have pinned up her hair in her sleep, it was so untidy.
hope
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He is pinning some hope on a cabinet reshuffle.
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He seems to pin his hopes on it.
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Geller is pinning primary hopes on getting the Supreme Court to dismiss the appeal on a procedural point.
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Treacy is pinning his hopes on Derry again falling victim to a goal famine of crisis proportions.
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Realtors are pinning their hopes for another banner year on low mortgage rates.
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This year it is pinning its hopes on an 8% uplift in passenger growth to around the 82m mark.
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Duregar pinned his hopes on Dwarven determination to keep the army safe.
wall
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You can pin it on the wall .
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The map of the New York City subway system was pinned to the wall above his bed.
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Old Wang first learned the habit of reading newspapers closely during the Cultural Revolution and has several cuttings pinned on the wall .
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I picked him up and pinned him against the wall , holding him there until he broke down and cried.
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You pin up a wall chart listing how many calories you eat each day.
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On at least one occasion, demonstrators were pinned against the wall to make it easier to assault them.
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As they work, roughs are pinned to the wall where they remain until the following day.
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A chart was pinned to the wall stating body-fat percentages and a less-than-subtle verdict.
■ VERB
keep
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Remorse had drawn Thomas there and it kept him pinned , though he was also wild for flight.
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Regardless of your actions, the little group would keep the flirt label pinned on you because of their own baggage.
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The theory was that the effort of changing would keep me pinned to the table, diligent and creative.
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No: three Counsellors were concentrating on him, keeping him pinned behind his shield of stones.
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He had just enough gas to keep me pinned into Score Quick.
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Reports from the lead platoons indicated that the artillery fire was being most effective in keeping the enemy pinned down.
try
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She tried to pin her thoughts elsewhere, but found that they always boomeranged back.
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However, it seemed to flounder whenever it tried to pin multimedia down.
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Let them try to pin it on her!
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There was something about those little feet, Guy thought suddenly, trying to pin down the memory.
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Tell him how you feel but don't try to pin him down.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be on pins and needles
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I was on pins and needles until I found out I'd won.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A note was pinned on the door of his office.
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Each delegate wore a name tag pinned to their lapel.
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He had pinned a red rose to his jacket.
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One of the straps was pinned in place with two safety pins.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Although we will clarify it in the course of this study, multimedia is hard to pin down to a rigid definition.
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Geller is pinning primary hopes on getting the Supreme Court to dismiss the appeal on a procedural point.
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Halcrows say they are stabilising the soil by pinning down the hillsides.
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She sobbed and fought and screamed but Martin pinned her down with his new strength.
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The idea of a crossroads is a difficult concept to pin down because we have to distinguish between different types of changes.
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This year it is pinning its hopes on an 8% uplift in passenger growth to around the 82m mark.
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You need a lot of time to yourself in order to explore your dreams, rather than being pinned to the work place.