level pegging

adj

adj

Etymology Probably from the pegging in a cribbage board used to keep track of player's scores.

Of two contestants equal (having the same number of points, or being in the same position)

The merest glance at the details is enough to show that there was some very level-pegging between the two locomotives.1959 November 23, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 785:

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