peg out

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

1. transitiveTo mark (a territory or area) with pegs.First known use 19th c.

   I was soon the proud possessor of a miner's right, and my claim was pegged out for me away on the reefs.

   1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 145

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   After the plans have been approved, the company [Railway Survey Company, Royal Engineers] will peg out the work on the ground, and give levels during the construction period.

   1943 September and October, “Railway Construction and Operation at War Department Depots”, in Railway Magazine, page 261

2. intransitiveslangTo die.First known use 19th c.

   I don't know what they went to ask her for; but Percy and Harold didn't peg out.

   1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 64

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   [T]hat day was the only holiday I had all the time I was in camp - except when I had the ‘grippe’ and nearly pegged out.

   1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 80

3. intransitivecroquetTo finish a game of croquet.First known use 19th c.
4. cribbageTo move one's peg to the last position on the pegboard, and thus win.First known use 19th c.
5. transitiveTo hang up (washing) using pegs.First known use 20th c.