pin on

Idioms  

1. Attribute to someone, especially a wrongdoing or crime. For example, They pinned the murder on the wrong man. This expression uses pin in the sense of “attach.” [First half of 1900s]

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pin on

When he stuck an iron inside 7 feet on the par-3 12th hole, it was the closest anybody had been to the pin on Sunday and set up another birdie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026

In Armani's refined yet relaxed collection, some men sported a tie pin on their jacket lapel, while male and female models wore matching sparkling brooches.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

The analyst dropped a pin on the migrants and the VaDER program began tracking their movement in a blue trail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025

He also installed a large, red Google Maps pin on A4155 Reading to Henley road in 2014.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2025

“I got all my hope pin on that bird.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole