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1. intransitive verb collapse from exhaustion: to collapse from exhaustion or to be too exhausted to continue
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informal
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2. transitive verb U.K. fasten clothes to washing line: to attach wet clothes to a clothesline with clothespins
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3. transitive verb secure something with pegs: to fasten something such as a tent with pegs
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4. intransitive verb
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informal
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Same as die1 (sense 1)
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5. transitive verb mark out land: to mark out a piece of land with stakes
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6. intransitive verb win croquet game: in croquet, to hit the peg, thereby winning the game
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7. transitive verb exclude opponent's ball in croquet: to make an opponent's croquet ball hit the peg, thereby causing it to be out of the game
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8. intransitive verb card games score winning point in cribbage: in cribbage, to score the winning point
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