pin sb down
— phrasal verb with pin uk/pɪn/us/pɪn/verb -nn-
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to stop someone from escaping by surrounding and shooting at them if they try to escape:
[ often passive ] Government forces were pinned down by resistance fighters 30 miles north of the capital.
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Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- box sb/sth in
- dunk
- fence sth in
- fence sth off
- flood
- gather
- gift-wrap
- gift-wrapped
- steep
- surround
- swallow
- wall sth off
- wound 1
- wrap
- wrap (sb) up
- wrap sth around sb/sth
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Capturing or taking possession of things
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to make someone provide details about something or make a decision about something:
I've tried asking Stephanie, but she's proving difficult to pin down to a particular date.
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Questioning people & asking questions in general
- beat
- bombard
- canvass
- cross-question
- debrief
- desk research
- enquiry
- feel sb/sth out
- interrogate
- interview
- interviewee
- opinion poll
- pin
- Q, q
- questioner
- questioning
- roll call
- third
- what do you have to say for yourself? idiom
- worm
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