have (got) (someone) pegged as (something)

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have (got) (someone) pegged as (something)

To distinctly regard someone as being a certain type of person. I had you pegged as a coward, but I'm impressed with how you stood up to that criminal. Everyone's got me pegged as a loser, but I'll show them!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Henrikki	HEN-reek-kee	Finnish
Trina	TREE-nə	English
ÁSta	-	Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Aleksandra	ah-lyek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ah-leek-SAHN-drah (Russian), ahl-ek-SAHN-drah (Polish)	Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Estonian
Zhivko	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Hector	['hektə]