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put in the pin

put in the pin verb: to refrain from drinking alcohol.

Verb

put in the pin (third-person singular simple present puts in the pin, present participle putting in the pin, simple past and past participle put in the pin)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) To refrain from drinking alcohol.

Forms of put in the pin

third-person singular presentputs in the pin
present participleputting in the pin
past participleput in the pin
pastput in the pin

Origin of put in the pin

From the ancient peg tankard, which was furnished with a row of pins, or pegs, to regulate the amount which each person was to drink.

Questions about put in the pin

What does put in the pin mean?
Put in the pin means to refrain from drinking alcohol.
What part of speech is put in the pin?
Put in the pin is a verb.
What is the past tense of put in the pin?
The past tense of put in the pin is put in the pin.

Words near put in the pin in the dictionary

  1. put in motion
  2. put in one's oar
  3. put in pledge
  4. put in practice
  5. put in the ground
  6. put in the pin
  7. put in the shade
  8. put in the work
  9. put in with
  10. put in writing
  11. put into action

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