The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - peg v.

1) pin, dowel, rod, stick, bolt; thole or thole-pin; clothes-peg, hook: Pegs and glue are often used for fastening good furniture together. Hang your coat on the peg. 2) off the peg. ready-made, ready-to-wear, stock: As bespoke clothing is so dear, I buy mine off the peg. 3) take down a peg (or two) . humble, diminish, lower, subdue, suppress, downgrade, dishonour, mortify, humiliate, put down, abase, debase, devalue or devaluate: He was acting a bit high and mighty, so she took him down a peg or two. --v. 4) fasten, secure, make fast, fix, attach, pin: They pegged the tent firmly to the ground. 5) fix, attach, pin, set (by) , control by, limit by, restrict, confine, freeze, bind, regulate, govern: In indexing, the rate of inflation is often used for pegging wages. 6) toss, throw, shy, flip, sling, cast: I'll bet a fiver you can't peg that stone across the river. 7) peg away or US also along. work (away) (at) , persevere (at) , apply oneself (to) , persist (in or at) , go to or at (it) , keep at (it) , stick to or with or at (it) , stay with or at (it) , carry on (with or at) , Colloq plug away (at) , beaver away (at) , hammer or bang or peck away (at) : Trevor pegs away at his homework every evening.