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pin on

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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Related Words for pin on

affix, anchor, assign, attach, bind, blame, catch, cement, congeal, connect, consolidate, couple, embed, entrench, fasten, glue, graft, harden, implant, impute

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Historical Examples of pin on

  • Million drew a breath that made the pin-on tie surge up and down upon the breast of her Jap silk blouse.