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pinned back

pinned back is the simple past and past participle of pin back.

Meaning of pin back

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)

Questions about pinned back

What is pinned back the simple past and past participle of?
Pinned back is the simple past and past participle of pin back.

Words near pinned back in the dictionary

  1. pinnatisect
  2. pinnatisected
  3. pinnatisectly
  4. Pinneberg
  5. pinned
  6. pinned back
  7. pinned back one's ears
  8. pinned down
  9. pinned on
  10. pinned one's ears back
  11. pinned one's hopes on

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