pegs out

verb

present tense third-person singular of peg out, chiefly British
as in dies
to stop living when her pet pig pegged out she grieved for weeks

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pegs out
  1. dies
  2. falls
  3. checks out
  4. steps out
  5. passes away
  6. perishes
Verb
  • Five-Star Weekend, a Peacock series out July 9, is about a food influencer Hollis Shaw (Jennifer Garner) who is in need of a new kind of nourishment after her husband Matthew (Josh Hamilton) dies suddenly in a car accident.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 July 2026
  • What’s more, thinning the DRAM dies by two-thirds to 100 µm would allow a MOSAIC cube to integrate 294 dies in the same volume, reaching 882 GB, Mitarai said.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026
Definition of dies
Verb
  • The investigators ask whether this discovery falls within the scope of her project.
    — Rhoda Feng, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Your body temperature typically rises throughout the morning and afternoon, peaks in the evening, and then falls late at night.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
Definition of falls
Verb
  • If everything checks out, the service module’s main engine will fire Thursday evening to send the crew on a trajectory that will loop them around the Moon.
    — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 3 Apr. 2026
Definition of checks out
Verb
  • Anne Hathaway steps out with her shades on in New York City's Tribeca on July 1.
    — Brendan Le Updated, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • The surveillance system at her home captured Allen walking down her steps out of the edge of her yard, pointing.
    — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 9 June 2026
Definition of steps out
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  • Also, after your parent passes away, the account would legally be yours.
    — Sarah Agostino, CNBC, 15 May 2026
  • Most Social Security payments fund retirement and related benefits, providing monthly income to eligible workers and certain family members, as well as survivor benefits for families after a worker passes away.
    — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Definition of passes away
Verb
  • Every soldier Harry would have saved on a transport during the war perishes too.
    — Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Factory ships deplete fisheries in a matter of years and an inordinate amount of sea life also perishes in their nets.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2025
Definition of perishes
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pegs out
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“Pegs out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pegs%20out. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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