peg
verb/peɡ/
/peɡ/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they peg | /peɡ/ /peɡ/ |
| he / she / it pegs | /peɡz/ /peɡz/ |
| past simple pegged | /peɡd/ /peɡd/ |
| past participle pegged | /peɡd/ /peɡd/ |
| -ing form pegging | /ˈpeɡɪŋ/ /ˈpeɡɪŋ/ |
- to fasten something with pegs
- peg something (out) + adv./prep. All their wet clothes were pegged out on the line.
- peg something to something She was busy pegging her tent to the ground.
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- [usually passive] to fix or keep prices, wages, etc. at a particular level
- be pegged (at something) Pay increases will be pegged at 5 per cent.
- be pegged (to something) Loan repayments are pegged to your income.
- Admission prices have been pegged.
- peg somebody as something (North American English, informal) to think of somebody in a particular way
- She pegged him as a big spender.
Word Originlate Middle English: probably of Low German origin; compare with Dutch dialect peg ‘plug, peg’. The verb dates from the mid 16th cent.
Idioms
See peg in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybe level pegging
- (British English) to have an equal or even score
- The contestants were level pegging after round 3.
- Five minutes later it was level pegging when Kane banged in the equalizer.
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