peg the needle (English, verb)
expansion: peg the needle (third-person singular simple present pegs the needle, present participle pegging the needle, simple past and past participle pegged the needle)
Senses:
glosses: To cause the hand of a dial indicator to reach the highest measurement, due to reaching the maximum measurable speed, pressure, etc.
glosses: To achieve the maximum level of something, to max out, to pull out all the stops.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: pegs the needle
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pegging the needle
tags: participle
present
form: pegged the needle
tags: participle
past
form: pegged the needle
tags: past