peg

peg
[[t]pe̱g[/t]]
♦♦♦
pegs, pegging, pegged
1) N-COUNT A peg is a small hook or knob that is attached to a wall or door and is used for hanging things on.

His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.

2) N-COUNT A peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line. [mainly BRIT]
Syn:
(in AM, usually use clothespin)
3) N-COUNT A peg is a small piece of wood or metal that is used for fastening something to something else.

He builds furniture using wooden pegs instead of nails.

...the noise of the hammer striking the steel pegs.

4) VERB If you peg something somewhere or peg it down, you fix it there with pegs.

[V n prep/adv] ...trying to peg a double sheet on a washing line on a blustery day...

[V n with adv] Peg down netting over the top to keep out leaves.

[V-ed prep] ...a tent pegged to the ground nearby for the kids.

5) VERB If a price or amount of something is pegged at a particular level, it is fixed at that level.
→ See also level-pegging

[be V-ed at n] They'll have to set the rate at which the pound is pegged to the deutschmark...

[be V-ed at n] UK trading profits were pegged at ₤40 million...

[V n at amount] The Bank wants to peg rates at 9%.

[V-ed] ...a pegged European currency.

6) PHRASE: V inflects If you say that someone should be brought down a peg or be taken down a peg, you mean that they should be made to realize that they are not so important or wonderful as they think they are.

We thought it was time they were brought down a peg or two...

We'd have liked to see her taken down a peg, but not this way.

7) PHRASE: PHR n, PHR after v Off-the-peg clothes are made in large numbers and sent to shops, not made specially for a particular person. [BRIT]

...an off-the-peg two-piece suit...

Instead of dining in top restaurants and wearing expensive suits, he likes to eat hamburgers and buys clothes off the peg.

Ant:
(in AM, use off-the-rack)
8) PHRASE: v-link PHR If you describe someone as a square peg in a round hole, you mean that they are in a situation or doing something that does not suit them at all.

Taylor is clearly the wrong man for the job - a square peg in a round hole.

Phrasal Verbs:
Syn:

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