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unˈpeg, v.
(un-2 4 b.) Also fig. Hence unˈpegging vbl. n.
1602Shakes. Ham. iii. iv. 193 Vnpegge the Basket on the houses top: Let the Birds flye. 1611Cotgr., Declaveter, to vnboult, vnpinne, vnpeg; loose from. 1863W. C. Baldwin Afr. Hunting ii. 51 He at length charged against the side of the tent, unpegging two of the ropes. 1923J. M. Keynes Tract on Monetary Reform 121 The present situation..did not begin until after the ‘unpegging’ of the leading exchanges in 1919. 1975‘M. Yorke’ Small Hours i. 14 A young woman came to unpeg them [sc. the clothes]. 1977Guardian Weekly 7 Aug. 10/1 Unpegging sterling from the US dollar is a thoroughly sensible move. 1977Times 29 Oct. 19/4 The Israel pound fell sharply as it was unpegged from its official rate of 10 to the dollar. 1981Ibid. 21 Jan. 11/4 They chat as they unpeg the washing. |