Verb pin down has 3 senses
  1. pin down, peg down, nail down, narrow down, narrow, specify - define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game"
    --1 is one way to determine
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
  2. pin down, pin up - attach with or as if with a pin; "pin up a picture"
    --2 is one way to attach
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
  3. pin down, narrow down - define clearly; "Can you pin down the difficulties"
    --3 is one way to focus, focalize, focalise, sharpen
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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