pegged in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I.peg [Am pɛɡ, Brit pɛɡ] N

1.1. peg:

peg (in ground)
estaca f
peg (in furniture, barrel)
estaquilla f
peg (in mountaineering)
clavija f
peg (on violin, guitar)
clavija f
peg (for tent)
estaquilla f
peg (on board game)
pieza o ficha que encaja en un tablero
a square peg in a round hole at college I felt like a square peg in a round hole
en la universidad me sentía totalmente fuera de lugar
a square peg in a round hole at college I felt like a square peg in a round hole
en la universidad me sentía como gallina en corral ajeno inf
a square peg in a round hole at college I felt like a square peg in a round hole
en la universidad me sentía como cucaracha en fiesta de gallina Ven inf
a square peg in a round hole at college I felt like a square peg in a round hole
en la universidad me sentía como sapo de otro pozo RioPl inf
to take or bring sb down a peg (or two)
bajarle los humos a alguien
to take or bring sb down a peg (or two)
poner a alguien en su sitio

II.peg <pres part pegging; pt, pp pegged> [Am pɛɡ, Brit pɛɡ] VB trans

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See also clothespin

clothespin [Am ˈkloʊ(ð)zˌpɪn, Brit ˈkləʊðzpɪn] N Am

level-peg <pres part level-pegging; pt, pp level-pegged> [ˌlɛv(ə)lˈpɛɡ] VB intr Brit usu in -ing form

I.peg out VB [Am pɛɡ -, Brit pɛɡ -] (v + adv) inf

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II.peg out VB [Am pɛɡ -, Brit pɛɡ -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o) (stake)

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peg down VB [Am pɛɡ -, Brit pɛɡ -] (v + o + adv, v + adv + o)

peg away VB [Am pɛɡ -, Brit pɛɡ -] (v + adv) inf

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clothes-peg [Am ˈkloʊ(ð)zˌpɛɡ, Brit ˈkləʊðzpɛɡ] N Brit

clothes-peg → clothespin

See also clothespin

clothespin [Am ˈkloʊ(ð)zˌpɪn, Brit ˈkləʊðzpɪn] N Am

off-the-peg <pred off the peg> [ˈɔːfðəˈpeɡ, ˌɔfðəˈpeɡ] ADJ esp Brit

off-the-peg → off-the-rack

See also off-the-rack

off-the-rack <pred off the rack> [ˈɔːfðəˈræk, ˌɔfðəˈræk] ADJ Am

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pegged in the PONS Dictionary

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off-the-peg [ˌɒfðəˈpeg, Am ˌɑ:f-] ADJ Brit, off-the-rack [ˌɒfðəˈræk, Am ˌɑ:f-] ADJ Am

clothes peg N Brit, clothes pin N Am

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pegged Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

clothes peg
pinza f de tender la ropa
to buy clothes off the peg
comprarse ropa de confección
to take sb down a peg or two
bajar los humos a alguien
to use sth as a peg to hang sth on
usar algo de apoyo para algo
to peg prices
congelar precios
to peg sth to sth
vincular algo a algo
to peg out clothes
tender la ropa
to peg away at sth
persistir en algo
to take sb down a peg
bajar los humos a alguien
to bring sb down a peg (or two)
quitar moños a alguien
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The main portion of the show consists of a round-table discussion and debate, pegged loosely to a selection of the week's major technology headlines.
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Membership fees are pegged at just 1 a year in order to make membership benefits readily available to all.
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Fashioned of great hewn timbers, all hand pegged, it still features the original spiral staircase, fireplaces with period woodwork, and floors of wide pumpkin pine.
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In this sense, it is a compromise between a fixed (or pegged) exchange rate and a floating exchange rate.
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Had your fill of this year's essential reading, whether it's from the fall literary season's buzzed-up gewgaw lode of prize-winning fiction, or from the latest urgent slate of newsticker-pegged non-fiction?
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Local press coverage pegged the sale price in the neighborhood of $4.3 million for the three-station combo.
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Numerous maple trees were uprooted by the storm and damage was pegged at $150,000 Canadian dollars.
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The floating rate of interest is pegged to the company's individual rate of return.
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As the currency depreciated over time, it was pegged at two shillings four sterling pence in 1906.
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The attic's mortise and tenon framing is set at a wide angle and pegged without a ridge beam, a common practice in the middle of the 19th century.
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