pin up

Frequency: 7.010.2 per million words

To fasten something to a vertical surface, like a wall.

pinADVERB + pin

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Examples (10)

  • The children pinned up their drawings on the refrigerator.
  • She decided to pin her new poster up on the bulletin board.
  • He helped his daughter pin up her drawings in her room.
  • Can you pin this notice up for everyone to see?
  • They used thumbtacks to pin up the map.
  • The teacher asked the students to pin their artwork up around the classroom.
  • She carefully pinned up the curtains over the window.
  • We need to pin up a schedule so everyone knows their tasks.
  • The flyers were pinned up all over the campus.
  • I'll pin these photos up on the fridge.