pin down
Example Sentences
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And while the concept for the memorial is still germinating, Nina has already pinned down the title.
From BBC
As genre names go, “post-punk” is particularly hard to pin down, but it’s generally used to describe an array of underground rock forms that emerged in the late ’70s, mostly in the U.K.
That rate is extremely difficult to pin down.
From MarketWatch
It was the right strategic move, helping the Soviets pin down Nazi divisions in the east while the Brits and Americans devised a plan of attack in the west.
To pin down these elusive signatures, the researchers relied on advanced polarized neutron scattering.
From Science Daily
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