verb
-
to remove the peg or pegs from, esp to unfasten
-
to allow (prices, wages, etc) to rise and fall freely
Etymology
Origin of unpeg
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Spree Under new Premier Etienne Flandin's energetic drive for a freer French economy, the Chamber before adjourning for the holidays last week passed bills empowering the Government to unpeg the price of wheat in France.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only matter except the wants of Le Peuple Souverain to engage Premier Blum actively last week was the question whether to unpeg the franc from gold.
From Time Magazine Archive
This accommodating old clerk would quickly unpeg his beaver at the first hint of new occupants.
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
Leaving No. 4 Shinnecock Hills unpegged the spring before it was hosting the U.S.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 15, 2018
In 2005, China unpegged the yuan from the U.S. dollar and allowed it to more accurately reflect its market value.
From Time Magazine Archive
One claw is left unpegged, guaranteeing that both partners are pinched repeatedly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before its currency was unpegged and allowed to seek its own level on the free market, U.S. speculators poured money into: 1.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then I unpegged a fresh nightshirt and shook the stiff out of it and slipped it on.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
Just before dinner Domini gave an order to Batouch, and, while they were dining, Androvsky noticed that their people were busy unpegging the two sleeping-tents.
From The Garden of Allah by Hichens, Robert Smythe
The sailors were rapidly unpegging the tents and carrying away the instruments from the burning patch to a place of safety lower down the mountain.
From The White Man's Foot by Allen, Grant
Then he caught a glimpse of her in the garden, unpegging tea towels from the line across the lawn.
From In a German Pension by Mansfield, Katherine
"Where did you and Louis Malcourt go this afternoon?" she asked, unpegging her hair.
From The Firing Line by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
