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pin on

pin on verb: to place the blame for (something) on (someone), especially unjustly.

Verb

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

  1. (US, transitive) To place the blame for (something) on (someone), especially unjustly.
    • The police pinned the theft on my brother.
    • "Righto! However, if you have some neat little scheme to pin the murder on me, I'd advise you to abandon it. If I hadn't had water-tight alibis, all along the line—" / "Keep your water-tight alibis in a dry place till you need them," Sam advised.1928, Kay Cleaver Strahan, The Desert Moon Mystery, page 189

Forms of pin on

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

Questions about pin on

What does pin on mean?
Pin on means to place the blame for (something) on (someone), especially unjustly.
What part of speech is pin on?
Pin on is a verb.
What is the past tense of pin on?
The past tense of pin on is pinned on.

Words near pin on in the dictionary

  1. PIN number
  2. PIN numbers
  3. pin oak
  4. pin oaks
  5. pin of shame
  6. pin on
  7. pin one's ears back
  8. pin one's hopes on
  9. PIN pad
  10. PIN pads
  11. pin pool

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