peg back

Meaning

1. peg sb / sth back

   to stop sb / sth from winning or increasing the amount by which they are ahead

   Each time we scored we were pegged back minutes later.

In the movies · 1

• Can I have my secret phone back, Peg? No.Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022

Learn it in full scenes

• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery2022
  • The Puzzle Box Invitation
  • Miles Welcomes the Group to His Island
  • Miles's Disruption Dinner Speech

From the same entry

• off the peg
• bring down a peg
• a peg to hang on
• a square peg
• be level pegging
• peg away
• peg out