Meanings
verbpin back (third-person singular simple present pins back, present participle pinning back, simple past and past participle pinned back)
present singular third person pins back · participle present pinning back · participle past pinned back · past pinned back
- transitiveTo keep at a distance
For a solid five minutes or so Rangers pinned Celtic back and probed at them.
2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record1 more example
They were certainly the more rounded team and it was unusual, to say the least, to see Chelsea with home advantage being pinned back into their own half.
2015 January 31, Daniel Taylor, “David Silva seizes point for Manchester City as Chelsea are checked”, in The Guardian (London)
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APA
pin back. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin%20back
MLA
“pin back.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin%20back. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pin back,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pin%20back.
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