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1 ■ pin down
■ pin downv. t. + avv.1 fissare con uno spillo, ecc.2 bloccare; tenere fermo; immobilizzare: We were pinned down by machine gun fire, eravamo bloccati dal fuoco delle mitragliatrici3 vincolare; costringere a rispettare qc. ( una promessa, ecc.); costringere a fissare ( una data, una cifra, ecc.): to pin sb. down to an agreement, costringere q. a rispettare un accordo4 definire, stabilire, identificare, ecc. con precisione; individuare: There's something strange about him, which I can't quite pin down, c'è qualcosa di strano in lui che non riesco a definire; Finally scientists pinned down the malformations to thalidomide, alla fine gli scienziati hanno individuato nel talidomide la causa delle malformazioni
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