pin one's ears back

[pin one's ears back] {v. phr.}, {slang}

1. To beat; defeat.

* /After winning three games in a row, the Reds had their ears pinned back by the Blues./

2. To scold.

* /Mrs. Smith pinned Mary's ears back for not doing her homework./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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