peg down
Example Sentences
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At the moment, "Dead to Me" is a few pegs down from the top of its internal ratings from "Avatar: The Last Airbender," the service's top-rated title.
From Salon
For her part, Ms. Beydler said: “It’s so hard to peg down where the balance is. But I do everything because of him.”
From New York Times
The future of transportation is a tough thing to peg down.
From The Verge
This is a group that values continuity and cap flexibility; they will not take trading a first-round pick lightly — even if their hot recent play has dropped that pick several pegs down the lottery.
From National Geographic
He has both the advantage and disadvantage of being a libertarian, which makes him hard to peg down on a traditional left-right spectrum.
From New York Times
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