Pinned
Supporting and pinned are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Supporting" instead an adverb "Pinned".
Supporting
Supporting adjective - Serving to give support to the truth or factualness of something.
Pinned and supporting are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pinned" instead an adverb "Supporting".
Both words in one sentence
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Beverly Hills Cop contains the Discussed Trope version of this, Played for Laughs during the final shootout at the Big Bad's mansion when the supporting cast detectives are pinned down by machinegun fire from some goons.
Source: Bolivian Army Ending
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Supporting and Pinned. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pinned/supporting
Pinned & Supporting. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pinned/supporting>.
Supporting or Pinned. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pinned/supporting.
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