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Meanings of peg out in English

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Usage of peg out in English
1
He'll peg out on the job one day, wait and see.'
White corridor
2
They strike a tent- peg out of the ground with their lances.
A Political Diary, 1828-1830, Volume II
3
If you fool with this health-palaver any longer, you'll peg out.
A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle
4
I'd like to go along, but I'm afraid I'd peg out.
Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman
5
My ability to lock off is gone, putting the second peg out of reach.
Climbing Magazine
6
But by that time she had to peg out the washing for the Frau.
In a German Pension
7
I doubt if we could even get these Welshmen to peg out the lists.
Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln
8
Mike paced the twenty-four feet, and kicked the stranger's peg out of the ground.
In the Roaring Fifties
9
Russia was actively endeavouring to peg out fresh Serb claims.
Twenty Years of Balkan Tangle
10
Off poor chaps that peg out just now, Major.
A Yellow God: An Idol of Africa
11
Dish won and Newt had to dig a peg out of the ground with his teeth.
Lonesome dove
12
I tried to peg out soldierly,-no use!
The ode less travelled: unlocking the poet within
13
First we must peg out our claims.
The Happy Adventurers
14
She's so young, and so plucky, and I see you expect the poor chap to peg out.
Afterwards
15
It's a pity he wouldn't peg out one of these nights, and we might get something done.
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn
16
Why, I shall annex it to my country, and you and I will peg out original settlers' claims!
Gulliver of Mars
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