pegged out
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.
“The easiest thing would have been for Robert to plow on until he truly pegged out and by which time the estate probably would have been run into the ground or mismanaged,” Bonneville says.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025
But it was still deeply modern, pegged out around possession football, fast counterattack, a converted centre-forward, marauding full-backs and all the rest.
From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2019
Or the one where a magnificently orange wannabe Wag pegged out during her own dinner party.
From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2010
Indo-China adjoins Red China, but the border has never been pegged out.
From Time Magazine Archive
![]()
“Words belong in contexts, not pegged out like biological specimens.”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
![]()