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'peg' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'peg' with 6 example sentences.


peg noun

: a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface

: small markers inserted into a surface to mark scores or define locations etc.

: informal terms for the leg

: a prosthesis that replaces a missing leg

: regulator that can be turned to regulate the pitch of the strings of a stringed instrument

: a holder attached to the gunwale of a boat that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing

peg verb

: succeed in obtaining a position

: pierce with a wooden pin or knock or thrust a wooden pin into

: fasten or secure with a wooden pin

: stabilize (the price of a commodity or an exchange rate) by legislation or market operations


  • Hand me a clothes peg.
  • The pirate has a peg leg.
  • I cannot peg up my clothes. It's too windy.
  • When was the last time you pegged up the washing?
  • It is difficult to peg the direction of interest deregulation.
  • The Swiss franc is pegged to the euro.
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