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pin down
Language:
Meanings:
1.
General
neutral
military
To suppress, immobilize, or keep in a fixed position, especially by force or superior firepower; to prevent movement or action.
2.
General
neutral
To determine, establish, or define something precisely; to identify or specify details that were previously uncertain.
3.
General
neutral
informal
To compel someone to commit to a decision or to give specific information; to force a clear answer or agreement.
4.
General
neutral
literal
To secure or fasten something with a pin or similar fastening device.
Examples:
EN:
It's really a demonstration of force to pin down the main Prussian forces at this spot.
ES:
Es una demostración de fuerza para inmovilizar a los prusios aquí.
EN:
You certainly picked a tough name to pin down.
ES:
Ciertamente escogió cambiar su nombre para pasar desapercibida.
EN:
We'll pin down again as soon as the weather improves.
ES:
Volveremos a subir cuando mejore el clima.
EN:
Kluggs, you may not know it, but your exhaustion is nothing... to what will happen if we do not pin down this information.
ES:
Quizá no lo sepa, pero su agotamiento no es nada... com parado con lo que pasará si no definimos esta información.
EN:
Now you want to run out on these people to pin down an obituary?
ES:
¿Y ahora quiere abandonarlos para visitar un cementerio?
EN:
Only some rumors nobody could actually pin down.
ES:
Solo algunos rumores que nadie pudo precisar.
EN:
I can see... that pin down there.
ES:
Veo ese alfiler de ahí.
EN:
Put the pin down there, will you?
ES:
Pon el alfiler ahí.
EN:
It's really hard to pin down, Mark.
ES:
Es difícil de imaginar, Mark.
EN:
Miss Rivers, you're rather difficult to pin down.
ES:
Srta. Rivers, es usted bastante difícil de localizar.
EN:
It's like trying to pin down a ray of light.
ES:
Es como tratar de definir un rayo de luz.
EN:
No, your relationships with young girls interest me more. They're harder to pin down.
ES:
No, tus relaciones con las jóvenes son mejores porque son más desvaídas.
EN:
We hope to pin down the German 15th Army there... so that they can't be used against us at Normandy.
ES:
Esperamos retener ahí al 15º Ejército alemán para que no lo envíen a Normandia.
EN:
Monty will pin down the enemy forces at Caen.
ES:
Monty retendrá al enemigo en Caen.
EN:
If we move fast enough, I can still pin down that hockey franchise for you.
ES:
- ¿Adónde vamos? Si nos apuramos, podemos cerrar el trato con la franquicia de hockey.
EN:
It's really a demonstration of force to pin down the main Prussian forces at this spot.
ES:
Es una demostración de fuerza para inmovilizar a los prusios aquí.
EN:
You certainly picked a tough name to pin down.
ES:
Ciertamente escogió cambiar su nombre para pasar desapercibida.
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