level pegging en · ADJ
Etymology
Probably from the pegging in a cribbage board used to keep track of player's scores.
Meanings
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(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: