level pegging

English

Etymology

Probably from the pegging in a cribbage board used to keep track of player's scores.[1]

Adjective

level pegging (not comparable)

  1. (of two contestants) equal (having the same number of points, or being in the same position)

References

  1. ^ Oxford Dictionaries, OxfordWords blog https://web.archive.org/web/20141108040454/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/11/popular-idioms-explained/ extracted 31 Oct 2014
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