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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Example Sentences

She said that people may forget to use a pin on their mail-in ballot, leading to their vote being disqualified.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

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

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

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2025

There was the litde cloth purse with the safety pin on the chair beneath her clothes and the money just wasn’t nowhere in the room.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston