pinsomeonedown
phrasal verbwithpinverbuk/pɪn/us/pɪn/-nn-
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tostopsomeone fromescapingbysurroundingandshootingat them if theytrytoescape:
[often passive]Governmentforceswerepinneddown byresistancefighters30milesnorthof thecapital.
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- dunk
- fencesomethingin
- fencesomethingoff
- flooding
- gather
- gift wrap
- gift-wrapped
- steep
- steepsomething/someoneinsomething
- submersion
- surround
- swaddle
- swallow
- swamp
- twine
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Capturing or taking possession of things
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to make someoneprovidedetailsabout something or make adecisionabout something:
I'vetriedaskingStephanie, but she'sprovingdifficulttopindowntoaparticulardate.
Questioning people & asking questions in general
- ask aftersomeone
- ask questions ofsomeone/somethingidiom
- besomeone'sfor the askingidiom
- beat
- beatsomethingout ofsomeone
- bombard
- cross-examine
- doorstep
- enquire
- inquire withinidiom
- interviewer
- pin
- Q, q
- reinterview
- resurvey
- retest
- rhetorically
- roll
- survey
- the third degreeidiom