peg it

peg it

To leave or depart very quickly or suddenly. You'd better peg it, or you're going to be late for school! After a really long day at the office, I pegged it out of there as soon as the clock struck 5!
See also: peg
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • depart
  • depart for (some place)
  • depart for some place
  • be off like a prom dress (in May)
  • prom
  • depart this life
  • run off
  • cut and run
  • cut and run, to
  • be out of here
References in periodicals archive
In terms of what he offers from his left peg it's real quality."
DEAR JOHN; RANGERS NEW BOY TIPPED TO SHINE Dec's the kind of kid who needs an arm around him ... not the cold shoulder he got at Cardiff SAYS FORMER TEAM-MATE KEVIN McNAUGHTON
Hook the band beneath and loop it forward to the peg it originated from.
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``As we celebrate the 30th birthday of the Big Peg it's quite interesting to look at the three episodes in its history -- two in the past, one in the future,'' says Gray.
Culture: Life begins again at 30 for Big Peg centre; As it celebrates its 30th birthday Terry Grimley looks at past and future fortunes of the Jewellery Quarter's Big Peg