"peg out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pegs out [present, singular, third-person], pegging out [participle, present], pegged out [participle, past], pegged out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} peg out (third-person singular simple present pegs out, present participle pegging out, simple past and past participle pegged out)
  1. (transitive) To mark (a territory or area) with pegs. Tags: transitive Translations (Mark a territory with pegs): abstecken (German), auspflocken (German)
    Sense id: en-peg_out-en-verb-9IJD4~qr Disambiguation of 'Mark a territory with pegs': 62 0 4 7 26
  2. (slang, intransitive) To die. Tags: intransitive, slang Translations (To die): sterben (German), abkratzen (German), hops gehen (German)
    Sense id: en-peg_out-en-verb-jx6TKsZL Disambiguation of 'To die': 0 100 0 0 0
  3. (croquet, intransitive) To finish a game of croquet. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Croquet
    Sense id: en-peg_out-en-verb-kv6A99Zl
  4. (cribbage) To move one's peg to the last position on the pegboard, and thus win. Categories (topical): Cribbage
    Sense id: en-peg_out-en-verb-vedqbLOT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 3 6 67 14 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 15 8 10 48 19
  5. (transitive) To hang up (washing) using pegs. Tags: transitive Translations (To hang up washing): aufhängen (German)
    Sense id: en-peg_out-en-verb-iE~Mlq2b Disambiguation of 'To hang up washing': 1 0 2 1 95

Inflected forms

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