peg back

peg back

1. To hold something back with pegs. (In each usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "peg" and "back.") I need to peg back the curtain while I wash the floors.
2. In sports, to bring the score back to equal against one's opponent. Primarily heard in UK. I thought we had the championship in the bag, but the other team managed to peg us back in the final seconds of the match.
See also: back, peg
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • break one's neck, to
  • carry (one) back
  • carry back
  • be/go back to square one
  • come back and see us
  • back to square one
  • back
  • back at (something or some place)
  • back of something
  • (in) back of (something)