pin down
Secure into place
Pin down means to hold something or someone firmly in place, preventing movement: He pinned her down until help arrived.
Extended uses involve forcing specificity or commitment—to pin down a date, a definition, or an evasive person is to nail down something that keeps slipping away: I can't pin down exactly what bothers me about it.
She's hard to pin down on policy details.
State precise meaning
- specifyState in detail
- determineEstablish through investigation
- establishCreate formally, permanently
- identifyEstablish who or what
pinpoint · ascertain · figure out · resolve · settle · confirm · verify · isolate
Device for catching animals
- cornerMeeting point of edges
- restrainLimit freedom of movement
- immobilizeStop all motion
- subdueBring under control
overpower · tackle · wrestle · grapple · seize · catch · confine · hold fast
define
State precise meaning
identify · pinpoint · ascertain · figure out · resolve · settle · confirm · verify · isolate · zero in on
trap
Device for catching animals
- cornerMeeting point of edges
- restrainLimit freedom of movement
- immobilizeStop all motion
subdue · overpower · tackle · wrestle · grapple · seize · catch · confine · hold fast
fasten
Fix securely in position
nail · bolt · latch · affix · attach · bind · tie · screw · rivet · hold
pressure
Force upon contact
force · compel · hold accountable · extract · press · demand · insist · oblige
- restrainhold back, suppress, hold in, keep in, restrain
- investigatinginvestigate, examine, inspect, probe, search
- narrowing downnarrow, focus, pinpoint, zero in, home in
- hold downgrip, press, secure, fasten, anchor
- basketball offensepick and roll, give and go, fast break, spacing, penetration
- basketball screenspick and roll, ball screen