peg the needle | Idiomator

Meaning: To cause the hand of adial indicatorto reach the highest measurement, due to reaching the maximum measurable speed, pressure, etc.1957, Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences."Even so, all six subjects immediatelypegged the needlein their first attempt to reach midscale."1989December,Popular Mechanics, volume166, number12:"If thatpegs the needle, then the wiring between the sender and gauge is bad."; (idiomatic)To achieve the maximum level of something, tomax out, topull out all the stops.2008August 22, Nick Barbaro, “The Luv Doc”, inThe Austin Chronicle:"There will be plenty of time to cool off when you're dead, so you might as wellpeg your needleto the red."2014, John E. Conway,Buckrammer's Tales: The Continuing Catboat Summers Adventures:"Thus I suspected that a trip to Chelsea mightpeg the needleon 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 bepegging the needleon the hype meter once again."

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