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pin down VB trans

1. pin down (define exactly):

to pin down ⇆ sth

etw genau definieren

to pin down ⇆ sth (locate precisely)

etw genau bestimmen

2. pin down (make decide):

to pin down ⇆ sb [to sth]

jdn [auf etw acc ] festnageln

she's very difficult to pin down

man wird nicht richtig schlau aus ihr

3. pin down (hold fast):

to pin down ⇆ sb

jdn niederdrücken

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

she's very difficult to pin down

man wird nicht richtig schlau aus ihr

to pin down ⇆ sb [to sth]

jdn [auf etw acc ] festnageln

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They then conducted a lively correspondence with various specialists to pin down the identities of the problematic species. en.wikipedia.org

It was consequently very difficult to pin down responsibility for bad work. en.wikipedia.org

Advanced statistics in baseball are vast, and can help pin down where a player is struggling. en.wikipedia.org

Though finding her familiar, the writer failed to pin down her identity. en.wikipedia.org

Two pointsmen made valiant efforts to pin down the brakes to no avail. en.wikipedia.org

For some citizens, exile was a feeling more difficult to pin down. en.wikipedia.org

This encounter shows the truth as fleeting, always changing, and impossible to pin down. en.wikipedia.org

Process philosophy is even more difficult to pin down than process theology. en.wikipedia.org

Consorts were considered "loud" or "soft", and the exact application of these titles is sometimes hard to pin down. en.wikipedia.org

The special task of the social scientist in each generation is to pin down the contemporary facts. en.wikipedia.org

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