set the pace

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set the pace

if someone sets the pace in a particular activity, they do it very well or very quickly and other people try to do the same (often + for ) America's reforms have set the pace for European finance ministers. For many years this company has set the pace in the communications industry.

See also: pace, set

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But he was very tentative, fastidiously so, letting Ruth set the pace of sprightliness and fancy, keeping up with her but never daring to go beyond her. Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context Not having Fyne with me to set the pace I let myself drift, rather than walk, in the direction of the farmhouse. Chance by Conrad, Joseph View in context You can feel them in the air round about him, capering frenetically; with their invisible feet they set the pace, and the hair of the leader of the orchestra rises on end, and his eyeballs start from their sockets, as he toils to keep up with them. The Jungle by Sinclair, Upton View in context			set mind on set of pipes set of wheels set off set off alarm bells set off on set on set on fire set one back on heels set one on feet set out set out stall set out to set out to do set over set price set right set sail set sail for some place set sights set sights on set straight set teeth on edge set the agenda set the ball rolling set the pace set the record straight set the scene set the scene for set the stage for set the table set the tone set the wheels in motion set the world on fire set to set to do set to music set to work set tongues wagging set type set up set up against set up as set up for life set up housekeeping set up shop set up shop somewhere set upon settle settle a score settle a score with			set store on set straight set straight Set System Mask Set system of finite character set teeth set teeth set teeth set teeth set teeth on edge set teeth on edge set teeth on edge set teeth on edge set teeth on edge Set Terminal Interrupt Word set terms set test set the agenda Set the Ashes Ablaze set the ball rolling set the ball rolling set the ball rolling set the ball rolling set the ball rolling set the cat among the pigeons set the cat among the pigeons set the cat among the pigeons set the cat among the pigeons Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun set the date set the pace Set the Record Straight Set the Record Straight Set the Record Straight Set the Record Straight Set the Record Straight set the scene set the scene for set the seal on set the seal on set the seal on set the seal on set the seal on set the seal on set the stage for set the stage for set the stage for set the stage for set the stage for set the table Set the Tone set the wheels in motion Set the World On Fire Set theorist Set theorist set theory set theory Set Theory (disambiguation) Set Theory (disambiguation) SEt Theory Language set to

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