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peg
noun (HOOK) /peɡ/Definition
› [C] a small stick or hook that sticks out from a surface and from which objects, especially clothes, can hang: He took off his coat/hat and hung it on the peg.Pins, clips, hooks and pegs › [S] a reason for discussing something further: They decided to use the anniversary as the peg for/a peg on which to hang a TV documentary.Motives and reasons
(Definition of peg noun (HOOK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Motives and reasons
Synonyms and related words:
- cause noun (REASON)
- drive noun (POWER)
- first principles noun
- ground noun (CAUSE)
- hidden agenda noun
- impulse noun (REASON)
- in the name of sth idiom
- inclination noun (FEELING)
- justification noun
- mainspring noun
- motivation noun (ENTHUSIASM)
- motivation noun (REASON)
- motive noun
- object noun (CAUSE)
- rationale noun
- reason noun (EXPLANATION)
- should modal verb (REASON)
- wherefores noun
- why noun
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