pin on

Slang definitions & phrases for pin on

pin on

verb phrase

To make an accusation; inculpate; hang on: Police indicated they had little to pin on them


Idioms and Phrases with pin on

pin on

Attribute to someone, especially a wrongdoing or crime. For example, They pinned the murder on the wrong man. This expression uses pin in the sense of “attach.” [ First half of 1900s ]