Meaning of peg the needle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To cause the hand of a dial indicator to reach the highest measurement, due to reaching the maximum measurable speed, pressure, etc.
2. To achieve the maximum level of something, to max out, to pull out all the stops.
   idiomatic

Examples

“"Even so, all six subjects immediately pegged the needle in their first attempt to reach midscale."”

“"If that pegs the needle, then the wiring between the sender and gauge is bad."”

“"There will be plenty of time to cool off when you're dead, so you might as well peg your needle to the red."”

“"Thus I suspected that a trip to Chelsea might peg the needle on the religious experience meter but if biodiesel one wanted, that is where one got it."”

“2016, May 28, Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY Sports. "The returning talent figures to be pegging the needle on the hype meter once again."”

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