| v. |
| [1] |
pin
,
dowel
,
rod
,
stick
,
bolt
,
thole/thole-pin
,
clothes-peg
,
hook
|
| [2] |
off the peg
,
ready-made
,
ready-to-wear
,
stock
|
| [3] |
take down a peg (or two)
,
humble
,
diminish
,
lower
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
downgrade
,
dishonour
,
mortify
,
humiliate
,
put down
,
abase
,
debase
,
devalue/devaluate
|
| [4] |
fasten
,
secure
,
make fast
,
fix
,
attach
,
pin
|
| [5] |
fix
,
attach
,
pin
,
set (by)
,
control by
,
limit by
,
restrict
,
confine
,
freeze
,
bind
,
regulate
,
govern
|
| [6] |
toss
,
throw
,
shy
,
flip
,
sling
,
cast
|
| [7] |
peg away/(US) along
,
nail down
,
nail
,
work (away) (at)
,
persevere (at)
,
apply oneself (to)
,
persist (in/at)
,
go to/at (it)
,
keep at (it)
,
stick to/with/at (it)
,
stay with/at (it)
,
carry on (with/at)
,
(Colloq) plug away (at)
,
beaver away (at)
,
hammer/bang/peck away (at)
|
| [8] |
peg down
|
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