level pegging
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from the pegging in a cribbage board used to keep track of player's scores.[1]
Adjective
[edit]level pegging (not comparable)
- (of two contestants) equal (having the same number of points, or being in the same position)
References
[edit]- ^ Oxford Dictionaries, OxfordWords blog https://web.archive.org/web/20141108040454/http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/11/popular-idioms-explained/ extracted 31 Oct 2014