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peg back — (in sport, esp racing) to gain an advantage over an opponent • • • Main Entry: ↑peg … Useful english dictionary
peg back — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms peg back : present tense I/you/we/they peg back he/she/it pegs back present participle pegging back past tense pegged back past participle pegged back 1) economics to control something such as prices or… … English dictionary
Peg Meyer's Melody Kings — Infobox musical artist Name = Peg Meyer’s Melody Kings Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = Alias = Origin = Cape Girardeau Missouri Genre = Swing, Jazz Years active = 1919 c1925 Label = URL = Current members = Jess Stacy (piano)… … Wikipedia
peg — peg1 [peg] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(short stick)¦ 2¦(hanging wet clothes)¦ 3¦(tent)¦ 4 take/bring somebody down a peg (or two) 5¦(musical instrument)¦ 6 a peg to hang something on 7¦(drink)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Probably from Middle Dutch pegge] … Dictionary of contemporary English
peg — /pɛg / (say peg) noun 1. a pin of wood or other material driven or fitted into something, as to fasten parts together, to hang things on, to make fast a rope or string on, to stop a hole, or to mark some point. 2. Colloquial a leg, sometimes one… …
peg — I UK [peɡ] / US noun [countable] Word forms peg : singular peg plural pegs * 1) British a wooden or plastic object used for fastening wet clothes onto a line so that they will dry 2) an object fixed to a wall, door etc and used for hanging things … English dictionary
Peg Phillips — in 1993 Born Margaret Linton September 20, 1918(1918 09 20) Everett, Washington, U.S. Died … Wikipedia
peg somebody back — ˌpeg sb/sthˈback derived (especially in sport) to stop sb/sth from winning or increasing the amount by which they are ahead • Each time we scored we were pegged back minutes later. Main entry: ↑pegderived … Useful english dictionary
peg something back — ˌpeg sb/sthˈback derived (especially in sport) to stop sb/sth from winning or increasing the amount by which they are ahead • Each time we scored we were pegged back minutes later. Main entry: ↑pegderived … Useful english dictionary
Peg solitaire — The Princess of Soubise playing solitaire, 1697 Peg solitaire is a board game for one player involving movement of pegs on a board with holes. Some sets use marbles in a board with indentations. The game is known simply as Solitaire in the United … Wikipedia
