phrasal verb

Peg out

Rank #1446Letter PInseparable

2Sections

Put washing outside to dry

Meanings

  • Put washing outside to dry (separable [optional], British English)
  • Die (intransitive, International English)
  • Mark out an area of land by driving pegs into the ground (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

  • I PEGGED the washing OUT after it stopped raining.
  • He PEGGED OUT last night from a heart attack.
  • They PEGGED OUT their farmland to stake their claim.

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