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pegnoun

uk ​ /peɡ/ us ​ /peɡ/

peg noun (HOOK)

› [ 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.

› [ 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.

Altri esempi

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peg noun (IN BASEBALL)

› [ C ] US informal a low fast throw in baseball

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Espressione idiomatica/espressioni idiomatiche

bring/take sb down a peg (or two)

pegverb

uk ​ /peɡ/ us ​ /peɡ/ -gg-

peg verb (FASTEN)

› [ T usually + adv/prep ] to fasten something in place with pegs:

Make sure the tarpaulin is securely pegged down.
UK I'll peg out the clothes before I go to work.

› [ T ] to make a price, currency, etc. stay at a particular level:

The agreement works because member nations haven't tried to peg prices.

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peg verb (THROW)

› [ T ] US informal to throw a ball in baseball low and fast:

Mattingly pegged the ball to Stanley.

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Verbo frasale/verbi frasali

peg out
peg sth out

(Definizione di “peg” dal Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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pegnoun [ C ]

us ​ /peɡ/

peg noun [ C ] (HANGING DEVICE)

› a small, shaped piece of wood or other material on which objects can be hung:

She hung her apron on the peg.

peg noun [ C ] (ATTACHING TOOL)

› a device used to attach something or hold it in place

pegverb [ T ]

us ​ /peɡ/ -gg-

peg verb [ T ] (FIX AMOUNT)

› to fix the amount or value of something in relation to something else:

There’s talk of trying to peg the value of the peso to the dollar.

peg verb [ T ] (DISCOVER)

› infml to recognize or discover what something is; identify:

They had you pegged as a sucker the minute you walked in.

Verbo frasale/verbi frasali

peg down

(Definizione di “peg” dal Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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pegnoun [ C ]

uk ​ /peɡ/ us ​

› ECONOMICS, FINANCE an official arrangement for a price, currency, etc. to stay at a particular level or within a particular range:

peg against sth The government removed the currency from its peg against the dollar.
See also
adjustable peg
crawling peg
currency peg
off-the-peg
sliding peg

pegverb [ T ]

uk ​ /peɡ/ us ​ -gg-

› ECONOMICS, FINANCE to officially control prices, income levels, currencies, etc. by keeping them at a particular level or within a particular range:

peg sth at sth Interest on the loan is pegged at 1.75% above base rate.
peg sth to sth Many of the world's currencies are pegged to the US dollar.
Compare
freeze verb

› US to guess the cost, amount, or level of something:

Future costs stemming from those lawsuits have been pegged as high as $8 billion.

(Definizione di “peg” dal Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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