peg out
verb
(
adverb
)
1.
(
intransitive
) (
informal
) to collapse or die
2.
(
croquet
)
(
intransitive
) to win a game by hitting the peg
(
transitive
) to cause (an opponent's ball) to hit the peg, rendering it out of the game
3.
(
intransitive
) (
cribbage
) to score the point that wins the game
4.
(
transitive
) to mark or secure with pegs:
to peg out one's claims to a piece of land
Slang definitions & phrases for
peg out
peg out
verb phrase
To die
: Harrison actually pegged out in 1841
[1855+; fr the ending of play in cribbage by pegging]