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
Janis	JAN-is	English
Sanni	-	Finnish
Samuel	SAM-yoo-əl (English), SAM-yəl (English), sah-MWEL (Spanish), SAH-moo-el (Swedish, Finnish)	English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Swedish, Norwegian, Dani
Yahui	-	Chinese
Damian	DAY-mee-ən (English), DAHM-yahn (Polish)	English, Polish, Dutch
Harve	HAHRV	English