- 1to 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.
- 2[usually passive] to fix or keep prices, wages, etc. at a particular level peg something (at something) Pay increases will be pegged at 5%. peg something (to something) Loan repayments are pegged to your income. to peg the exchange rate to the dollar Admission prices have been pegged.
- 3peg 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
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verbBrE BrE//peɡ//; NAmE NAmE//peɡ//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they peg BrE BrE//peɡ//; NAmE NAmE//peɡ//
he / she / it pegs BrE BrE//peɡz//; NAmE NAmE//peɡz//
past simple pegged BrE BrE//peɡd//; NAmE NAmE//peɡd//
past participle pegged BrE BrE//peɡd//; NAmE NAmE//peɡd//
-ing form pegging BrE BrE//ˈpeɡɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//ˈpeɡɪŋ//
(British English) having the same score The contestants were level pegging after round 3. Phrasal Verbspeg awaypeg backpeg out
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