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pin one's faith on
To depend upon; trust.
We pinned our faith on our home basketball team to win the state finals, and they did!
pinch and scrape
To save as much money as possible by spending as little as possible.
They are trying to buy their first house so they are pinching and scraping every penny they can.
pinch pennies
watch every penny
penny pinching
Not spend a penny more than necessary; be very saving or thrifty.
Bob saved enough money by penny-pinching to buy a bicycle.
When Tom and Mary were saving money to buy a house, they had to pinch pennies.
pine away
To waste away with grief.
After George was sent abroad, his wife pined away for him so much that she became ill.
pip-squeak
A small, unimportant person.
If the club is really democratic, then every little pip-squeak has the right to say what he thinks.
When the smallest boy was chosen to be the monitor, the class bully said he would not obey a little pip-squeak.
pipe dream
An unrealizable, financially unsound, wishful way of thinking; an unrealistic plan.
Joe went through the motions of pretending that he wanted to buy that $250,000 house, but his wife candidly told the real estate lady that it was just a pipe dream.
pit against
To match against; oppose to; put in opposition to; place in competition or rivalry with.
He pitted his endurance against the other man's speed.
He was pitted against an opponent just as smart as he was.
The game pits two of the best pro football teams in the East against each other.
pit-a-pat
With a series of quick pats.
The little boy ran pit-a-pat down the hall.
When John asked Mary to marry him, her heart went pit-a-pat.