back
( especially in sport ) to stop sb/sth from winning or increasing the amount by which they are ahead :
Each time we scored we were pegged back minutes later.
back
( especially in sport ) to stop sb/sth from winning or increasing the amount by which they are ahead :
Each time we scored we were pegged back minutes later.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005