pin down

Questions about pin down

What does pin down mean?

pin down means "define clearly". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for pin down?

Close synonyms include peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pin down a common word?

pin down is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.