pin something on
Example Sentences
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Immediately she assumed they were trying to pin something on her son.
From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2019
She starts to pin something on him, like the Wizard of Oz giving the Cowardly Lion his medal.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 27, 2016
Though she herself was never actually connected with bombs & bloodshed, Emma Goldman's burgeoning reputation as a fomenter of trouble led the police into many an attempt to pin something on her.
From Time Magazine Archive
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"Eh?" says I, gawpin', as he tosses the green bag and yellow lid onto a chair, dives into his side pocket, and proceeds to pin something on my coat lapel.
From Shorty McCabe on the Job by Ford, Sewell
Looks to me like they’re aimin’ to pin something on him.
From Rim o' the World by Fischer, Anton Otto