peg back
English
Verb
peg back (third-person singular simple present pegs back, present participle pegging back, simple past and past participle pegged back)
- (sports) To equalize against; to prevent the opposition from winning.
- 2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC:
- After the hosts had been pegged back to 1-1 and seen Victor Obinna sent off for a crazy kick out at Sebastian Larsson, Cole bagged the winner with only 10 minutes left
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