to pin one's hopes on

  • 1pin one's hopes on — pin one s hopes (or faith) on rely heavily on retailers were pinning their hopes on a big spending Christmas …

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  • 2pin one's hopes (or faith) on — rely heavily on. → pin …

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  • 3pin one's hopes on — ► pin one s hopes (or faith) on rely heavily on. Main Entry: ↑pin …

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  • 4pin one's faith on — ► pin one s hopes (or faith) on rely heavily on. Main Entry: ↑pin …

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  • 5pin — ► NOUN 1) a thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc. 2) a metal projection from a plug or an integrated circuit. 3) a small brooch or badge. 4) Medicine a… …

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  • 6pin — I. /pɪn / (say pin) noun 1. a small, slender, sometimes tapered or pointed piece of wood, metal, etc., used to fasten, or hold things together, to hang things upon, to stop up holes, or to convey or check motion; a bolt; peg. 2. a small, thin… …

  • 7pin — noun 1》 a thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other, used for fastening pieces of cloth, paper, etc.     ↘a small brooch or badge.     ↘Medicine a steel rod used to join the ends of fractured bones while they …

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  • 8pin — 1 noun (C) 1 FOR CLOTH a short thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end, used especially for fastening together pieces of cloth while making clothes 2 JEWELLERY a) AmE an attractively shaped piece of metal, sometimes containing jewels,… …

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  • 9pin — pin1 S3 [pın] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(for joining/fastening)¦ 2¦(jewellery)¦ 3¦(electrical)¦ 4¦(bowling)¦ 5 you could hear a pin drop 6¦(part of bomb)¦ 7¦(golf)¦ 8 for two pins I d ... 9 pins ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ …

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  • 10pin — [[t]pɪ̱n[/t]] ♦♦♦ pins, pinning, pinned 1) N COUNT Pins are very small thin pointed pieces of metal. They are used in sewing to fasten pieces of material together until they have been sewn. ...needles and pins... Use pins to keep the braid in… …

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