Peg
Peg verb - To arrange or assign according to type.
Usage example: pegged her as a backstabber right from the beginning
Set
Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.
How words are described
| original | original peg | original set |
| single | single peg | single set |
| small | small peg | small set |
| entire | entire peg | entire set |
| Other adjectives: large, spare, new, next, last, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Peg has her sights set on being Reunion Queen, while Al crosses paths with his old rival, who taunted him about never picking up on the fight they were supposed to have after graduation.
Source: Class Reunion -
Hippie Grandparents: Peg's grandparents are hippies who still love the sixties, both the set of numbers from 60 to 69 and the decade.
Source: Western Animation / Peg + Cat -
A Get Smart episode set on a ship had a captain with a wooden peg leg, a major clue.
Source: Artificial Limbs
Cite this Source
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