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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" [syn: pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify]
2: place in a confining or embarrassing position; "He was trapped in a difficult situation" [syn: trap, pin down]
3: attach with or as if with a pin; "pin up a picture" [syn: pin down, pin up]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you try to pin something down, you try to discover exactly what, where, or when it is. It has taken until now to pin down its exact location... I can only pin it down to between 1936 and 1942... If we cannot pin down exactly what we are supposed to be managing, how can we manage it? PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P to n, V P wh, also V n P 2. If you pin someone down, you force them to make a decision or to tell you what their decision is, when they have been trying to avoid doing this. She couldn't pin him down to a date... If you pin people down, they will tell you some puzzling things about stress. PHRASAL VERB: V n P to/on n, V n P

Moby Thesaurus

allocate, anchor, assign, balance, ballast, bind, bridle, chain, collocate, counterbalance, denominate, deploy, designate, determine, dispose, emplace, enchain, entrammel, fasten, fetter, firm, firm up, fix, freeze, get a fix, gyve, hamper, handcuff, hobble, hog-tie, hold, home in on, hopple, immobilize, indicate, install, keep, lash, leash, localize, locate, make fast, manacle, mark, mention, moor, nail down, name, navigate, peg down, pick out, picket, pinion, pinpoint, place, point out, position, put in irons, put in place, restrain, retain, rope, secure, select, set, shackle, signify, situate, specialize, specify, spot, stabilitate, stabilize, state, steady, stick, stipulate, straitjacket, strap, tether, tie, tie down, tie up, trammel, transfix, triangulate, zero in on