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put a pin in

Verb

Meaning

To discredit or ridicule; to deflate someone or something that is pompous or overly esteemed.

To make something certain; to nail down.

To postpone; to stop focusing or working on (something) until it can be finished at a later time.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put,‎ pin,‎ in.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Examples

It's just that I'm the kind of person,' Rebecca continued, 'that thinks if you took a map of the whole world and put a pin in it for every person, there wouldn't be a pin for me. Elizabeth Strout

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