peg out
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Related to peg out: peg down, peg someone
peg out
vb (adverb)
1. (intr) informal to collapse or die
2. (Croquet) croquet
a. (intr) to win a game by hitting the peg
b. (tr) to cause (an opponent's ball) to hit the peg, rendering it out of the game
3. (Card Games) (intr) cribbage to score the point that wins the game
4. (tr) to mark or secure with pegs: to peg out one's claims to a piece of land.
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Translations
den Löffel abgeben
w>peg out
vt sep
washing → aufhängen; skins → ausspannen
(= mark out) area → abstecken
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