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peg back en · VERB
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(transitive) To equalize against; to prevent (the opposition) from winning.
[…] pegging back Head Play in the last few strides to win by a nose.
1933, The New Yorker (volume 9, part 1, page 31)After the hosts had been pegged back to 1-1 and seen Victor Obinna sent off for a crazy kick out at Sebastian Larsson, Cole bagged the winner with only 10 minutes left
2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC:
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