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level pegging en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of two contestants) equal (having the same number of points, or being in the same position)
    • The merest glance at the details is enough to show that there was some very level-pegging between the two locomotives. 1959 November 14, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 785: