Dash and Peg

Dash

Dash verb - To send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm.

Usage example: she dashed water in his face in an attempt to wake him up

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Peg and dash are semantically related. (North American) In some cases you can use "Peg" instead a verb "Dash". informal substitute

Nearby Words: dashed, dashboard, dasher

Peg verb - To send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm.

Usage example: pegged the ball to the second baseman

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Dash and peg are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dash" instead a verb "Peg".

single	single dash	single peg
large	large dash	large peg
serious	serious dash	serious peg
new	new dash	new peg
Other adjectives: minor, next, last.

dash enemies

peg enemies

Berserk Button: Spitfire stomps on Rainbow Dash's in Chapter 15 when she claims RD needs to be "taken down a peg" the same words used by Applejack during the Mare-Do-Well incident.

Source: Fanfic / The Great Alicorn Hunt
In them, Rainbow Dash is acting more obnoxious than usual, so the other ponies form a plan to take her down a peg and teach her the error of her ways (inventing a superhero to upstage her at every turn and staging a Zombie Apocalypse, respectively).

Source: Recycled Script

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