pegged

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pegged/pɛɡd/

▶adjective North American term for pegtop.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
peg/peɡ/

▶noun

• 1 a short projecting pin or bolt used for hanging things on, securing something in place, or marking a position.

  ■ a clip for holding things together or hanging up clothes.

  ■ a place marked by a peg and allotted to a competitor to fish or shoot from.

• 2 a point or limit on a scale, especially of exchange rates.

• 3 informal a person's leg.

• 4 chiefly Indian a measure of spirits.

• 5 chiefly Baseball a strong throw.

▶verb (pegs, pegging, pegged)

• 1 fix, attach, or mark with a peg or pegs.

• 2 fix (a price, rate, or amount) at a particular level.

• 3 informal, chiefly N. Amer. form a fixed opinion of: the officer probably has us pegged as anarchists.

• 4 chiefly Baseball throw (a ball) hard and low.

– phrases
off the peg Brit. (of clothes) ready-made.
a square peg in a round hole a person in a situation unsuited to their abilities or character.
take (or bring) someone down a peg or two make someone less arrogant.

– phrasal verbs
peg away informal work hard over a long period.
peg out

• 1 informal, chiefly Brit. die.

• 2 score the winning point at cribbage.

• 3 Croquet hit the peg with the ball as the final stroke in a game.

– origin ME: prob. of Low Ger. origin.