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1 ♦ peg
♦ peg /pɛg/n.1 piolo; caviglia; cavicchio2 ( anche sport) picchetto; paletto; piolo: tent pegs, picchetti da tenda; hat pegs, pioli per attaccare il cappello; attaccapanni6 (mecc.) spina; spinotto8 (fig.) appiglio; pretesto9 (fin.) punto (o tasso) d'intervento; parità: crawling peg, parità strisciante (o scorrevole o slittante)● (fam.) peg leg, gamba di legno; persona con una gamba di legno □ peg top, trottola □ peg-top trousers, calzoni larghi in alto e stretti in fondo; calzoni a sbuffo □ ( d'abito) off the peg, confezionato; bell'e fatto □ (fig.) a square peg in a round hole, un pesce fuor d'acqua □ (fig.) to take (o bring) sb. down a peg or two, far abbassare la cresta a q. □ (fig.) to be brought (o taken) down one peg or two, essere ridimensionato; dover abbassare la cresta.(to) peg /pɛg/A v. t.1 fissare; infiggere (o piantare) con caviglie, pioli, ecc.; incavigliare; incavicchiare: to peg a notice to a billboard, fissare (o attaccare) un avviso su un cartellone4 (fin., Borsa) stabilizzare il prezzo di ( azioni, ecc.); stabilizzare ( il mercato); sostenere ( i tassi di cambio)5 fissare: ( prezzi, quotazioni, ecc.) The peso had been pegged at parity to the dollar since 1991, il cambio tra peso e dollaro era stato fissato alla pari nel 19916 ancorare ( retribuzioni, interessi, ecc.); agganciare (fig.): Wage indexation means pegging wage increases to the cost-of-living index, l'indicizzazione dei salari significa ancorare gli aumenti salariali all'indice del costo della vitaB v. i. -
2 Peg
[peg]nome proprio diminutivo di Margaret* * *[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.) paletto2) (a hook on a wall or door for hanging clothes etc on: Hang your clothes on the pegs in the cupboard.) piolo, (attaccapanni)3) ((also clothes-peg) a wooden or plastic clip for holding clothes etc to a rope while drying.) molletta da bucato2. verb(to fasten with a peg: She pegged the clothes on the washing-line.) (stendere)- take someone down a peg or two- take down a peg or two
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- take down a peg* * *(First names) Peg /pɛg/, Peggy /ˈpɛgɪ/f. dim. di Margaret* * *[peg]nome proprio diminutivo di Margaret -
3 ■ peg up
■ peg upv. t. + avv.attaccare ( con un gancio, con le mollette, ecc.): She was pegging up the clothes, stava stendendo la biancheria. -
4 peg ***
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5 peg
Plug, stopper, Stopper, plug, pegTappo m, cocchiume m -
6 peg out
2) (stake out) picchettare [ land]* * *vi + adv(fam: die) crepare, tirare le cuoia* * *2) (stake out) picchettare [ land] -
7 ■ peg down
■ peg downv. t. + avv.1 piantare; fissare con paletti ( pioli, cavicchi, picchetti, ecc.): to peg down the tents, piantare le tende2 mantenere ( un prezzo, ecc.) basso: to peg down the prices of foodstuffs, mantenere bassi i prezzi dei generi alimentari3 (fam.) vincolare, impegnare (q.); inchiodare (fig.): You should peg him down to a firm date of delivery of the goods, devi vincolarlo a una data fissa per la consegna della merce; to peg sb. down to the rules, inchiodare q. al regolamento. -
8 ■ peg out
■ peg outA v. t. + avv.B v. i. + avv. (fam.)1 morire3 ( sport) mollare; ritirarsi □ to peg out a claim, rivendicare il possesso di un terreno ( minerario, ecc.) delimitandolo con picchetti. -
9 ■ peg away at
■ peg away atv. i. + avv. + prep.(fam.) lavorare sodo, sgobbare, darci sotto a (fare qc.). -
10 peg away
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11 peg down
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12 peg leg
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13 off-the-peg
[ˌɒfðə'peg] [AE ˌɔːf-]off-the-rack [ˌɒfðə'ræk] [AE ˌɔːf-] aggettivo [ garment] (pre)confezionato* * *[ˌɒfðə'peg] [AE ˌɔːf-]off-the-rack [ˌɒfðə'ræk] [AE ˌɔːf-] aggettivo [ garment] (pre)confezionato -
14 off-the-peg ['ɒfðə'pɛɡ]
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15 take (someone) down a peg (or two)
(to make (a proud person) more humble: We must find some way of taking her down a peg or two.) (fare abbassare la cresta)English-Italian dictionary > take (someone) down a peg (or two)
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16 take (someone) down a peg (or two)
(to make (a proud person) more humble: We must find some way of taking her down a peg or two.) (fare abbassare la cresta)English-Italian dictionary > take (someone) down a peg (or two)
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17 take (someone) down a peg (or two)
(to make (a proud person) more humble: We must find some way of taking her down a peg or two.) (fare abbassare la cresta)English-Italian dictionary > take (someone) down a peg (or two)
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18 take (someone) down a peg (or two)
(to make (a proud person) more humble: We must find some way of taking her down a peg or two.) (fare abbassare la cresta)English-Italian dictionary > take (someone) down a peg (or two)
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19 arpeggio ar·peg·gio n
[ɒː'pɛdʒɪəʊ]Mus arpeggio -
20 clothes peg
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