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un·peg

   [uhn-peg]
verb (used with object), un·pegged, un·peg·ging.
1.
to remove the pegs from.
2.
to open, unfasten, or unfix by or as if by removing a peg.
3.
to stop pegging (commodity prices, exchange rates, etc.).
Origin:
1595–1605; un-2 + peg
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unpeg (ʌnˈpɛɡ)
 
—vb , -pegs, -pegging, -pegged
1.  to remove the peg or pegs from, esp to unfasten
2.  to allow (prices, wages, etc) to rise and fall freely

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