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Meanings of pin down in anglès

espanyol
clavar

Define clearly.

clavar
català
subjectar
espanyol
prender

Attach with or as if with a pin.

subjectar
portuguès
aprisionar
espanyol
atrapar

Place in a confining or embarrassing position.

aprisionar
Synonyms
Examples for "trap"
Examples for "trap"
1
The Roman opened the trap-door in the ground in order to descend.
Historical Miniatures
2
Conclusions: Results strongly encourage the use of BG-trap for collecting host-seeking An.
Pubmed
3
So let us also use him to help us set our trap.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
4
They often booby trap areas under their control before leaving, complicating return.
Reuters
5
He closed and bolted the trap-door in the floor of the tower.
The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol / Or, The Story of ...
Usage of pin down in anglès
1
Exactly why Green wants to do this is difficult to pin down.
Wired
2
Review:It is never an easy one to pin down, this Oxegen lark.
The Irish Times
3
Perhaps, it was the fact that he was harder to pin down.
The Irish Times
4
It was hard to pin down the exact reason for Footsie's rise.
The Irish Times
5
He smiled at me, with not quite enough nastiness to pin down.
Nothing in her way
6
She doesn't seem to have been an easy person to pin down.
A fugitive truth: an emma fielding mystery
7
There were probably several misses, but I could only pin down one.
The Guardian
8
France's nuclear lobby is hard to pin down because it is intricate.
Reuters
9
Someone else was lurking about: a sneaky fellow hard to pin down.
Dancer’s Lament
10
It is likely to be very faint and hard to pin down.
The South African
11
The meeting with Lucinda had been a dream hard to pin down.
Kennedy's brain
12
This makes transactions harder to track, and perpetrators harder to pin down.
The South African
13
He says post punk as a genre is hard to pin down.
Radio NZ
14
What's more, the facts here were proving mighty hard to pin down.
The devil's bones: a body farm novel
15
Perhaps that's why he is such a hard man to pin down.
The Irish Times
16
It was hard to pin down her location in such psychic chaos.
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
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Translations for pin down
català
subjectar
portuguès
aprisionar
Pin down through the time
Pin down across language varieties
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Common
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