peg

noun

/peɡ/

Idioms

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a short piece of wood, metal or plastic used for holding things together, hanging things on, marking a position, etc.
- There's a peg near the door to hang your coat on.
- Mark the boundary with pegs.
- The score is kept by inserting pegs into a board.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- wooden
- clothes
- tent
- …
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(also tent peg)
a small pointed piece of wood or metal that you attach to the ropes of a tent and push into the ground in order to hold the tent in placeTopics Holidaysc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- wooden
- clothes
- tent
- …
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(also clothes peg)
(both British English)
(North American English clothespin)
a piece of wood or plastic used for attaching wet clothes to a clothes line
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- wooden
- clothes
- tent
- …
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(also tuning peg)
a short piece of wood, metal or plastic that you turn to make the strings of a musical instrument tighter or looser
(Indian English) a small amount of a drink, especially a strong alcoholic one
- a peg of whisky

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

bring/take somebody down a peg (or two)

to make somebody realize that they are not as good, important, etc. as they think they are
- He needed to be taken down a peg or two.

off the peg (British English)

(North American English off the rack)

(of clothes) made to a standard average size and not made especially to fit you
- He buys his clothes off the peg.
- off-the-peg fashions
Topics Clothes and Fashionc2, Shoppingc2

a peg to hang something on

something that gives you an excuse or opportunity to discuss or explain something
- The character provides a peg to hang the writer’s political ideas on.

a square peg (in a round hole)

(informal) a person who does not feel happy or comfortable in a particular situation, or who is not suitable for it

verb

/peɡ/

Verb Forms

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/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

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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.
[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

be 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