Make sure
Make sure verb - Make a point of doing something; act purposefully and intentionally.
Pin
Pin verb - Attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins.
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Synonyms for Pin
Nearby Word: pinion
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Make sure you're never holding a grenade in one hand unless you just pulled the pin with the other.
Source: Videogame / Shadowrun Returns - Thus, the fans had a main event title match that lasted ninety seconds because Sting had to forcibly pin him to make sure he wouldn't hurt anybody.
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Big Game Blackmail: In the end, to make sure the guards win, the warden attempts to blackmail Crewe by threatening to pin Crewe as an accomplice to Caretaker's murder.
Source: Film / The Longest Yard
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