PIN (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) DOWN


Meaning of PIN (SOMEBODY/SOMETHING) DOWN in English

pin somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb ( see also ↑ pin )

1 . to make someone give clear details or make a definite decision about something

pin somebody/something ↔ down to

Did you manage to pin him down to a definite date?

He’s impossible to pin down.

2 . to understand something clearly or be able to describe it exactly

hard/difficult to pin down

The flavour was hard to pin down.

3 . if soldiers etc involved in fighting are pinned down, they cannot move from their position because someone is shooting at them:

The rebels have been pinned down in a camp to the south of the river.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.