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to understand or describe something exactly
Officials are trying to pin down the cause of widespread power cuts.
to force someone to make a decision about something
We finally pinned him down and got him to agree to a meeting.
to hold someone firmly on the ground or on a surface so that they cannot move
He pinned me down on the bed and tickled me.
to keep soldiers in a place so that they cannot move
The Allied armies had been pinned down by the Germans.
