pin sb down
— Phrasal Verb with pin /pɪn/ verb [T] (present participle pinning, past tense and past participle pinned)Definition
DETAILS › to make someone give you details or a decision about something: I've been trying to get a decision from Jim, but he's very difficult to pin down.
HOLD DOWN › to force someone to stay in a horizontal position by holding them: They pinned him down on the floor.
(Definition of pin sb down from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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