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pegged the needle

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

Meaning of peg the needle

Verb

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

  1. To cause the hand of a dial indicator to reach the highest measurement, due to reaching the maximum measurable speed, pressure, etc.
    • "Even so, all six subjects immediately pegged the needle in their first attempt to reach midscale."1957, Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences
  2. (idiomatic) To achieve the maximum level of something, to max out, to pull out all the stops.
    • "There will be plenty of time to cool off when you're dead, so you might as well peg your needle to the red."2008 August 22, Nick Barbaro, “The Luv Doc”, in The Austin Chronicle

Questions about pegged the needle

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

Words near pegged the needle in the dictionary

  1. pegged back
  2. pegged down
  3. pegged it
  4. pegged out
  5. pegged pants
  6. pegged the needle
  7. peggee
  8. peggees
  9. pegger
  10. peggers
  11. Peggie

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