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pin down	To attach or secure with pins.	Rate it: (5.00 / 5 votes)
pin down	To corner somebody in order to get a firm answer.	Rate it: (3.25 / 4 votes)
pin down	1) Hold Under Submission, (Wrestling: 2) Restrain enemy attack, return fire, and movement:	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
Hear a Pin Drop	Soundless, muted, without any noise, complete silence	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pin back	To keep at a distance	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pin cushion	A small stitched cushion which your nan might store her pins in.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pin down	Require, Insist Upon An Exact Statement As To The Details Or The Facts In The Matter At Hand: A Firm Affirmation Of Action To Be Taken:	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pin it	Stop everything you're doing now at once, at instance	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pin money	A relatively small sum of cash kept in one's personal possession, for routine expenses or incidental purchases; an amount of money which is not particularly significant. [from 18th c.]	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pin money	An allowance of money given by a man to his wife or to other dependents for their personal, discretionary use. [from 16th c.]	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pin tuck	narrow ornamental fold	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pin up	To put on display, using a pin.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rolling pin	kitchen utensil	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
safety pin	fastener	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
so quiet one can hear a pin drop	Said during a lull in a normally bustling place or scene, or as the result of a sudden dramatic or tense moment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
so quiet one could hear a pin drop	Said during a lull in a normally bustling place or scene, or as the result of a sudden dramatic or tense moment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cherry pick	To position oneself near the opponent's goal to attempt to receive an errant or intentional pass for an easy score, as in basketball or versions of soccer where offsides are not enforced.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
pop someone's cherry	To deflower someone.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
pretty please with a cherry on top	Synonym of pretty please with sugar on top	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
cherry-pick	To pick out the best, or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
bite of the cherry	A chance; an attempt at something.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cherry on top	An unnecessary, but welcome, addition to a desirable object or outcome	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cherry pick	To select only the best from a range of options.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cherry picking	Selecting only the best from a group or other range of choices.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Chinese cherry	Used other than as an idiom: see Chinese, cherry.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Chinese cherry	Chinese plum-cherry (Prunus humilis)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Chinese cherry	Chinese sour cherry (Prunus pseudocerasus)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Chinese cherry	Chinese flowering cherry (Prunus cyclamina)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Chinese cherry	Chinese dwarf cherry (Prunus tomentosa)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Chinese cherry	Chinese bush cherry (Prunus tomentosa)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Chinese cherry	Any of several species of genus Prunus:Chinese flowering cherry (Prunus cyclamina)Chinese plum-cherry (Prunus humilis)Chinese sour cherry (Prunus pseudocerasus)Chinese dwarf cherry (Prunus tomentosa)Chinese bush cherry (Prunus tomentosa)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pop the cherry	To break the hymen; to lose one's virginity.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sour cherry	Used other than as an idiom: see sour, cherry.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sour cherry	The fruit of these trees, often used for cooking.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sour cherry	Species of Prunus subg. Cerasus, (cherries), native to much of Europe and southwest Asia, especially, Prunus cerasus, Prunus pseudocerasus, and Prunus cerasoides.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sweet cherry	Prunus avium	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sweet cherry	Used other than as an idiom: see sweet, cherry.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wild cherry	Prunus serotina of North America.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wild cherry	The uncultivated cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wild cherry	Used other than as an idiom: see wild, cherry.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wild cherry	The fruit of these trees.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cook off	To pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
propre comme un sou neuf	As clean as a whistle; As neat as a new pin.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
thumb-wars	Interlock two fists, lift up one thumb each and try to pin down the other players thumb to win the game.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
coffin corner	This is an aerodynamics term which refers to a narrow and critical altitude range where an aircraft’s stall speed approaches its maximum speed, which can lead to catastrophic instability. This phrase is also used in American football to refer to the section of playing field, near the endzone, between the goal line and the 5 yard line in which punters attempt to pin the opposing team within, by executing a ‘coffin corner’ kick. This manuever is highly difficult and requires immense precision.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fifth wheel	A type of trailer hitch, which consists of a horseshoe-shaped plate on a multi-directional pivot, with a locking pin to couple with the kingpin of a truck trailer.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on entendrait trotter une souris (or, voler une mouche)	One could hear a pin drop.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on pouvait entendre voler une mouche	One could hear a pin drop.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
turn up	To belay or make fast a line on a cleat or pin.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
une épingle par jour fait huit sous par an	A pin a day is a groat a year.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)