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pinning back

pinning back is the present participle and gerund 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 pinning back

What is pinning back the present participle and gerund of?
Pinning back is the present participle and gerund of pin back.

Words near pinning back in the dictionary

  1. pinnigrade
  2. pinnigrades
  3. pinninervate
  4. pinninerved
  5. pinning
  6. pinning back
  7. pinning back one's ears
  8. pinning down
  9. pinning on
  10. pinning one's ears back
  11. pinning one's hopes on

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