precisely pin down
Frequency: 5.02.0 per million words
To define or identify something with great precision.
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- The difference between the two approaches is hard to pin down precisely.
- Can you pin down precisely when the incident occurred?
- Experts are still trying to pin down precisely the cause of the phenomenon.
- It's difficult to pin down precisely what makes his writing so compelling.
- We need to pin down precisely the responsibilities of each team member.
- Her arguments were so vague that it was impossible to pin down precisely her main point.
- The detective worked tirelessly to pin down precisely the suspect's movements.
- Scientists hope to pin down precisely the mechanism of action of the new drug.
- He couldn't pin down precisely why he felt so uneasy about the proposal.
- To develop an effective solution, we must first precisely pin down the problem.