pegged out

past tense of peg out, chiefly British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pegged out
Verb
  • The comments come more than nine months after her husband, Jeff Baena, died at 47.
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Fellow comedy legend Carl Reiner, who played the wily Saul Bloom in all three Ocean's movies, died in June 2020 at age 98 from natural causes, leaving behind a career that netted him 11 Emmy Awards, a Grammy, and the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This was the club felled by Pete Alonso’s shocking home run last autumn.
    Andy McCullough, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • However, the miniature accessories didn’t seem to stop a group of humans from felling and butchering the elephant.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The role of Doug McBride, who was played byJason Graham, perished in a car crash.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Almost all 19 of the people who died in the blaze perished in the neighborhood.
    Chiara Eisner, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The outlet also said that Simmons was taken to a hospital after the accident to be checked out.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Now, a recent Urban performance has resurfaced that points to, if not that, at least the fact that the singer was mentally checked out a while ago.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Eventually, McConkey stepped out of bounds at the Dolphins’ 17-yard line.
    Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In a rare moment of scheduling synergy, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Kate Middleton, Prince William, King Charles and Queen Camilla all stepped out for engagements on the same day.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Pegged out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pegged%20out. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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