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pegged back

pegged back is the simple past and past participle of peg back.

Meaning of peg back

Verb

peg back (third-person singular simple present pegs back, present participle pegging back, simple past and past participle pegged back)

  1. (transitive) To equalize against; to prevent (the opposition) from winning.
    • […] pegging back Head Play in the last few strides to win by a nose.1933, The New Yorker (volume 9, part 1, page 31)

Questions about pegged back

What is pegged back the simple past and past participle of?
Pegged back is the simple past and past participle of peg back.

Words near pegged back in the dictionary

  1. pegfilgrastim
  2. Pegg
  3. peggable
  4. pegged
  5. pegged away
  6. pegged back
  7. pegged down
  8. pegged it
  9. pegged out
  10. pegged pants
  11. pegged the needle

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