PEGGING OUT Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

pegging out

verb

present participle of peg out, chiefly British

as in dying

to stop living when her pet pig pegged out she grieved for weeks

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But hundreds of people in the US are still dying from Covid-19 each month.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
Measles can be a deadly disease, with two children dying last year after having been infected.

— Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of dying

Verb

Woodside Energy Group — Shares of the Australian oil and gas company jumped more than 7% after Bloomberg News reported , citing people familiar, that Exxon Mobil is checking out possible acquisition targets including Woodside.

— Darla Mercado, CFP®,Fred Imbert, CNBC, 12 June 2026
However, the main activity was not checking out or returning books.

— Molly McCrea, CBS News, 12 June 2026

Definition of checking out

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On Monday, an 18-year-old was seriously injured after falling onto an elevated platform.

— Ubah Ali, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
One thing seems certain — any Chinese citizen with this type of account needs to be paying attention to their obligations, and the sooner the better, to avoid falling afoul of the new mandate.

— Anniek Bao,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of falling

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Her sister had been through cervical cancer and two bouts of breast cancer before passing away from the disease.

— Ayren Jackson-Cannady, SELF, 29 May 2026
As well as the uncertainty of being in the final year of his contract, the France international also had to deal with the personal anguish of his father Hamady passing away in January.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 28 May 2026

Definition of passing away

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Videos on the nonprofit’s website show children stepping out of luxury buses, walking between camp volunteers who welcome them with applause and cheers.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
On May 18, Donike Gocaj, a resident of Briarcliff Manor in New York’s Westchester County, fell 10 feet into the open Con Edison manhole after stepping out of her parked SUV in midtown Manhattan, WABC reported.

— David Chiu, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026

Definition of stepping out

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From the Sacramento Valley to Modesto and Merced For Sacramento and folks south towards Modesto and Merced, high temps should hold in the mid- to upper 80s Thursday afternoon thanks to the Delta breeze kicking in.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026
Neighbors had said that before the day of the killing, Brockenshire allegedly had commented about kicking in Kenyon’s door and shooting him.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026

Definition of kicking in

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That means kicking off with the sacred mountain where shamans perform mudang rituals, the spiritual tradition at the heart of the storyline, and then using that inspiration to step into the soundproof studio to put your vocal chops to the test.

— Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026
On Sunday night, Hermès celebrated Into the Horsecape, its latest high jewelry collection (called haute bijouterie at Hermès), designed by Pierre Hardy, with a lavish dinner at Musée des Arts Décoratifs, kicking off the week.

— Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 10 July 2026

Definition of kicking off

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Julie Chen Moonves shares her thoughts on that wild Big Brother premiere, including Rachel Reilly perishing in a volcano.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026
Authorities have publicly identified four people who lost their lives over the last week in San Diego County traffic crashes, with three of the victims perishing in head-on collisions in the eastern reaches of the region.

— City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026

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