phrase General Slang

peg it

· phrase · mancunian

To leg it — run away fast.

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To run away at full pelt, usually from trouble — police, a bouncer, an angry shopkeeper, your mate's mum. Mancunian cousin of 'leg it'. Same energy, same panic, slightly more northern.

“Bizzies turned up so we pegged it down the alley.”
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peg it In A Sentence

Bizzies turned up so we pegged it down the alley.

Origin & Usage

British dialect; 'peg' as in moving the legs quickly. Common across Manchester and the North West.

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