peg down

(tr, adverb) to make (a person) committed to a course of action or bound to follow rules: you won't peg him down to any decision.

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Verb	1.	peg down - fasten or secure with a wooden pin; "peg a tent" peg attach - cause to be attached
	2.	peg down - define clearly; "I cannot narrow down the rules for this game" narrow down, pin down, nail down, narrow, specify determine - fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; "the tree determines the border of the property" concretize - make something concrete

Translations

w>peg down

vt sep tent etc → festpflocken

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