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pegged
[ pegd ]
adjective
- expected to do or be something, based on an assumption or stereotype or past behavior (followed by for or an infinitive): This was a team pegged for greatness before they even set foot on the practice field.
The son of a wealthy businessman, he was pegged to follow in his father鈥檚 footsteps.
This was a team pegged for greatness before they even set foot on the practice field.
- identified or labeled (followed by as ):
Once you鈥檙e pegged as a manipulator, word will spread; count on it.
- estimated, calculated, or generally considered to be of a certain value, size, time, etc. (followed by at ):
Another stimulus package, pegged at $200 million, is now being debated in the Senate.
France's Jewish community was then one of the largest in Europe, pegged at around 500,000.
- attached to a certain variable or standard as a measure of value:
Saudi Arabia's currency is pegged to that of the United States.
- fixed or assigned:
The new smartphone will be out soon, with May 29th pegged as its release date.
The professor pegged to moderate our debate emailed us all a week in advance.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of peg ( def ).
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pegged1
Idioms and Phrases
- have (got) someone or something pegged, to have figured out the true nature of a person or thing:
Apart from that one overreaching comment, I admit you've pretty much got me pegged.
Example Sentences
Before its release, 鈥淭hunderbolts鈥 was expected to bring in about $70 million in its opening weekend, though some projections had pegged $80 million as the high end of its earning potential, according to analyst estimates.
Despite storming into the lead, Richards ended in third place with a time of one minute and 45.35 seconds, as he was pegged back by Guy and Scott who finished in 1:45.08.
After Liverpool were pegged back, the captain rose highest to meet an 89th-minute corner, score the winner and send both the Reds fans and manager Arne Slot into raptures.
The planned renovation, pegged at more than $4 billion, which includes debt costs, would connect the two halls by adding a segment across Pico Boulevard.
This is a form of financing pegged to a set of annual environmental and social improvements agreed between a borrower and its banks.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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