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peɡ 1. noun1) (a usually short, not very thick, piece of wood, metal etc used to fasten or mark something: There were four pegs stuck in the ground.) pinne, plugg2) (a hook on a wall or door for hanging clothes etc on: Hang your clothes on the pegs in the cupboard.) knagg3) ((also clothes-peg) a wooden or plastic clip for holding clothes etc to a rope while drying.) klesklype2. verb(to fasten with a peg: She pegged the clothes on the washing-line.) feste med pinne/klype- take someone down a peg or two- take down a peg or two
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- take down a pegpluggIsubst. \/peɡ\/1) tapp, pinne, stikke, nagle, stift, plugg2) ( på strengeinstrument) (stemme)skrue3) ( overført) rangtrinn4) ( britisk) klesklype5) henger, kleshenger6) ( hverdagslig) treben (spøkefullt), ben7) ( hverdagslig) tann8) ( slang) pinne, dram, drink9) ( teleteknikk) blindpluggbe a square peg in a round hole være feil person for oppgaven, være feilplassertcome down a peg or two jekke seg ned et hakk eller to, rykke et hakk eller to nedoff the peg ( hverdagslig) konfeksjonssydd, ferdigsyddtake\/bring somebody down a peg or two sette noen på plassIIverb \/peɡ\/1) feste (med en pinne e.l.), tappe, nagle, plugge2) låse, stabilisere3) ( hverdagslig) kaste, slenge, støte, slå4) ( hverdagslig) jobbe med, jobbe på5) traskepeg at slå påpeg away\/on\/along something jobbe videre med noepeg out merke av, stake ut ( krokket) slå (motstanderens kule) til pinnen ( slang) slippe opp (slang, spesielt britisk) pigge av, døpeg somebody out ( i baseball) slå ut noenpeg something\/someone as (amer. slang) peke ut noe(n) sompeg out clothes on a line henge opp vasken
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