pegged out

past tense of peg out, chiefly British

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pegged out After collecting the relay throw, Witt turned and fired to third base, all seemingly in one motion, and pegged out one of the fastest runners in the sport. — Sam McDowell May 22, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pegged out
Verb
  • Instead, three of those whales have died, along with another Shedd whale that did not come from Marineland.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This was a place that had died, a place where life no longer existed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.
    — Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Vines are pulled away from fences, and sometimes trees are even felled.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Pries’s suggestion, known as the inverse Galois problem, was inspired by the work of the 19th-century French mathematician Évariste Galois, who perished after he was wounded in a gun duel at age 20.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
  • As a result, more people have now died of environmental illnesses that followed the September 11 attacks than perished during the collapse of the towers that day.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Essential California checked out the trials, tested airport counters, walked through the terminal’s new gates and conversed with excited passengers looking forward to their next flight out of Burbank.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Staff described students as often seeming physically and mentally worn down and checked out.
    — Crystal Cederna, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Lawrence, 36, recently stepped out in these exact mules, and they’re nearly sold out.
    — Jeaneen Russell, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Hong Kong — One of China’s most important - and mysterious - security officials has stepped out of the shadows and been identified, thanks in part to a guest list published by the White House.
    — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

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“Pegged out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pegged%20out. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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