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peg down

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verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to make (a person) committed to a course of action or bound to follow rules

    you won't peg him down to any decision
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Peg down a claim and earn my living virtuously.

From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold

Peg down, and cover the stems with equal quantities of leaf-mould and light loam.

From Gardening for the Million by Pink, Alfred

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