pin something on somebody/something phrasal verb (see also pin)

1. to blame someone for something, often unfairly:
Don’t try to pin the blame on me!
They’re trying to pin the murder on the boyfriend.

2. pin your hopes/faith on something/somebody to hope that something will happen or someone will help you, because all your plans depend on this:
Chris is pinning his hopes on getting into Yale.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

pin on
pin (something) on (someone)
to blame someone for something, especially something they did not do.
The police tried to pin the murder on the dead woman's husband.

pin (something) on (something)
to depend on something for a particular result.
We are all pinning our hopes on the new pipeline for a cleaner water supply.

pin (something) on (something)
to depend on something for a particular result.
We are all pinning our hopes on the new pipeline for a cleaner water supply.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pin on something
pin (something) on (something)
to depend on something for a particular result.
We are all pinning our hopes on the new pipeline for a cleaner water supply.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pin something on
pin (something) on (someone)
to blame someone for something, especially something they did not do.
The police tried to pin the murder on the dead woman's husband.

pin (something) on (something)
to depend on something for a particular result.
We are all pinning our hopes on the new pipeline for a cleaner water supply.

pin (something) on (something)
to depend on something for a particular result.
We are all pinning our hopes on the new pipeline for a cleaner water supply.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pin something on something
pin (something) on (something)
to depend on something for a particular result.
We are all pinning our hopes on the new pipeline for a cleaner water supply.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pin on
to place the blame for something on someone
My friend tried to pin the blame for breaking the computer on me.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pin something on
to place the blame for something on someone
My friend tried to pin the blame for breaking the computer on me.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pin on someone
pin (something) on (someone)
to blame someone for something, especially something they did not do.
The police tried to pin the murder on the dead woman's husband.

pin (something) on (something)
to depend on something for a particular result.
We are all pinning our hopes on the new pipeline for a cleaner water supply.

pin (something) on (something)
to depend on something for a particular result.
We are all pinning our hopes on the new pipeline for a cleaner water supply.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pin something on someone
pin (something) on (someone)
to blame someone for something, especially something they did not do.
The police tried to pin the murder on the dead woman's husband.

pin (something) on (something)
to depend on something for a particular result.
We are all pinning our hopes on the new pipeline for a cleaner water supply.

pin (something) on (something)
to depend on something for a particular result.
We are all pinning our hopes on the new pipeline for a cleaner water supply.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pin on someone
to place the blame for something on someone
My friend tried to pin the blame for breaking the computer on me.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

pin something on someone
to place the blame for something on someone
My friend tried to pin the blame for breaking the computer on me.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲