peg back

verb

To equalize against; to prevent (the opposition) from winning.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person pegs back · participle present pegging back · participle past pegged back · past pegged back

  1. transitivehobbiesTo 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)
    1 more example

    After the hosts had been pegged back to 1-1 and seen Victor Obinna sent off for a crazy kick out at Sebastian Larsson, Cole bagged the winner with only 10 minutes left

    2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peg back,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peg%20back.

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