Synonym: leg, nail, nail down, nog, oarlock, peg down, pegleg, pin, rowlock, stick, thole, tholepin, wooden leg. Similar words: off the peg, scapegoat, landscape gardener. Meaning: [peg] n. 1. a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface 2. small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc. 3. informal terms of the leg 4. a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg 5. regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument 6. a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. v. 1. succeed in obtaining a position 2. pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into 3. fasten or secure with a wooden pin 4. stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations.
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1. He has not a peg to hang on.
2. Peg away, students, and you are bound to win.
3. Hang your overcoat on the peg in the hall.
4. Sarah hung her coat on the peg.
5. The travelers are trying to peg down their tents in the storm.
6. Just crank up your hearing aid a peg or two.
7. He is the proverbial square peg in a round hole.
8. There's a peg near the door to hang your coat on.
9. His work jacket hung on the peg in the kitchen.
10. He continued to peg at that girl.
11. The Bank wants to peg rates at 9%.
12. Peg struck a match and lit the candle.
13. Sam was left at the dinner table with Peg.
14. There is a peg behind the door.
15. We should peg the students to rules.
16. He buys his clothes off the peg.
17. As a peg to hang it on,(sentencedict.com) the tournament had the 100th anniversary of Nehru's birth.
18. It's a lovely, windy day. Help me to peg out the washing.
19. This engine is going to peg out soon if you don't do something.
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20. He needed to be taken down a peg or two.
21. They decided to use the anniversary as the peg for/a peg on which to hang a TV documentary.
22. I'll peg out the clothes before I go to work.
23. We must peg him down to a definite date for completion.
24. The character provides a peg to hang the writer's political ideas on.
25. To avoid damaging the tree, hammer a wooden peg into the hole.
26. The government agreed to peg down the retail price of certain basic foodstuffs.
27. He took off his coat/hat and hung it on the peg.
28. I've declined the invitation to the Royal Garden Party; I'd just to be a square peg in a round hole among all those posh people.
29. He never quite fitted in when he was working here - he was always a bit of a square peg.
30. The agreement works because member nations haven't tried to peg prices.