The soldiers were 'pinned' down by enemy fire. [=the soldiers were unable to move because they were being shot at by the enemy]
She's always 'dropping names'. [=saying the names of famous people she knows to try to impress others]
Reporters tried to 'pin' him 'down' on the specific changes he wants to make to the tax laws.
(..) He writes reviews. And, uh, in his spare time this guy even writes hate columns. Does he have a record? He's pretty clean. Been trying to pin something to him, but it doesn't work. Trust me. He's behind all of it. He runs everything out of his house down by the beach. RASMUSSEN: (..)1998 American History X