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1 pin down
transitive verb1) (fig.): (bind) festlegen, festnageln (to or on auf + Akk.)he's a difficult man to pin down — man kann ihn nur schwer dazu bringen, sich [auf etwas] festzulegen
2) (trap) festhaltenpin somebody down [to the ground] — jemanden auf den Boden drücken
3) (define exactly)pin something down in words — etwas in Worte fassen
I can't quite pin it down — ich kann es nicht richtig ausmachen
* * *(to make (someone) give a definite answer, statement, opinion or promise: I can't pin him down to a definite date for his arrival.) festnageln* * *◆ pin downvt2. (make decide)she's very difficult to \pin down down man wird nicht richtig schlau aus ihr3. (hold fast)▪ to \pin down down ⇆ sb jdn niederdrücken* * *vt sep1) (= fix down with pins) an- or festheften; (= hold, weight down) beschweren, niederhalten; (= trap: rockfall etc) einklemmenhe pinned him down on the canvas — er drückte ihn auf die Matte
two of the gang pinned him down —
our troops were pinned down by heavy artillery fire — unsere Truppen wurden durch heftiges Artilleriefeuer festgehalten
2) (fig)to pin sb down — jdn festnageln or festlegen
he wouldn't be pinned down to any particular date — er ließ sich nicht auf ein bestimmtes Datum festnageln or festlegen
he's a difficult man to pin down — man kann ihn nur schwer dazu bringen, sich festzulegen
I've seen him/it somewhere before but I can't pin him/it down —
we can't pin down the source of the rumours it's not easy to pin down the precise cause of this — wir können die Quelle der Gerüchte nicht lokalisieren es ist nicht leicht, die genaue Ursache dafür festzustellen
there's something odd here, but I can't pin it down — irgendetwas ist hier merkwürdig, aber ich kann nicht genau sagen, was
* * *transitive verb1) (fig.): (bind) festlegen, festnageln (to or on auf + Akk.)he's a difficult man to pin down — man kann ihn nur schwer dazu bringen, sich [auf etwas] festzulegen
2) (trap) festhaltenpin somebody down [to the ground] — jemanden auf den Boden drücken
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