to fix a picture to a wall
to make the lower edge of a piece of clothing shorter by using pins
If her legs hadn't been so shapeless she could have been a real pin-up.
She cut an inch from the bottom of the skirt and pinned the hem up.
She had his photograph pinned up above her bed.
Studying the pin-up a moment, she placed the tip of the knife precisely on the spot, then leaned against the handle.
pins up
pinning up
pinned up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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