peg out
Britishverb
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informal (intr) to collapse or die
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croquet
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(intr) to win a game by hitting the peg
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(tr) to cause (an opponent's ball) to hit the peg, rendering it out of the game
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(intr) cribbage to score the point that wins the game
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(tr) to mark or secure with pegs
to peg out one's claims to a piece of land
Example Sentences
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By which he means that the history of people who like to peg out under the stars is studded with left-wingers, protofascists, survivalists, teetotallers, eugenicists, nudists, swingers, Quakers and pagans.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2011
But if I can't peg out my claim and pick up nuggets, I'm going to do the next best thing.
From At Large by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
Also tent-pegging, with and without saddles—shaking rupee off without touching peg, digging peg out of the ground, changing horses at full gallop, and hanging on in every conceivable attitude.
From The Last Voyage to India and Australia, in the 'Sunbeam' by R. T. (Robert Taylor) Pritchett
I had been rooting a peg out of the ground and my face was very dirty.
From Hoosier Mosaics by Maurice Thompson
This Sleepy Hollow's good enough for me to stay in until I peg out.
From The Pagan's Cup by Fergus Hume
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