peg
noun
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.
has been pegging
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present perfect progressiveof peg (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Hollywood has been pegging narrative to women’s beauty for over a century now.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
The author, the Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, 76, has been pegging away steadily at the subject for the last 13 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
