Peg out
verb (adverb)
1.
(intransitive) (informal) to collapse or die
2.
(croquet)
3.
(intransitive) (cribbage) to score the point that wins the game
4.
(transitive) to mark or secure with pegs: to peg out one’s claims to a piece of land
verb phrase
To die: Harrison actually pegged out in 1841
[1855+; fr the ending of play in cribbage by pegging]
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