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pin back

pin back verb: to keep at a distance.

Verb

pin back (third-person singular simple present pins back, present participle pinning back, simple past and past participle pinned back)

  1. (transitive) To keep at a distance
    • They were certainly the more rounded team and it was unusual, to say the least, to see Chelsea with home advantage being pinned back into their own half.2015 January 31, Daniel Taylor, “David Silva seizes point for Manchester City as Chelsea are checked”, in The Guardian (London)
    • For a solid five minutes or so Rangers pinned Celtic back and probed at them.2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record

Forms of pin back

third-person singular presentpins back
present participlepinning back
past participlepinned back
pastpinned back

Questions about pin back

What does pin back mean?
Pin back means to keep at a distance.
What part of speech is pin back?
Pin back is a verb.
What is the past tense of pin back?
The past tense of pin back is pinned back.

Words near pin back in the dictionary

  1. Pimsleur
  2. PIMU
  3. pin
  4. pin a rose on your nose
  5. pin and web
  6. pin back
  7. pin back one's ears
  8. pin bagatelle
  9. pin bone
  10. pin bones
  11. pin camera

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