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What does pin down mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word pin down? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To attach or secure with pins.
  2. (idiomatic) To identify something (e.g. a decision or plan) clearly or specifically.
  3. (wrestling) To hold the opponent back-first so both his or her shoulders touch the mat.
  4. (idiomatic) To corner somebody in order to get a firm answer.
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My project explores efforts by craniologists to pin down with certainty the extent of the range of variation in human cranial capacity.
Mired in the humanistic belief that someone must be pushing the planchette, our unease grows as we cannot pin down the culprit.
Musically, it seems fairly straightforward, but it's deceptively hard to pin down.
In an effort to pin down good guys and bad guys, or otherwise to dichotomize different approaches, various paired terms have been offered.
Now it is back to the linisher to sand the pin down till it is completely flush with the sides of the plane.
And if the lepidopteran Scott has proved a difficult biographee to net, the even more fluttery Zelda is yet trickier to cabin and pin down.

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