put a pin in (English, verb)
expansion: put a pin in (third-person singular simple present puts a pin in, present participle putting a pin in, simple past and past participle put a pin in)
Senses:
glosses: To discredit or ridicule; to deflate someone or something that is pompous or overly esteemed.
glosses: To make something certain; to nail down.
glosses: To postpone; to stop focusing or working on (something) until it can be finished at a later time.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, pin, in.
Forms:
form: puts a pin in
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting a pin in
tags: participle
present
form: put a pin in
tags: participle
past
form: put a pin in
tags: past