Collocations for "pace"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "pace" in context.
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pace
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [slow, fast, intense, frenetic, frightening, record, short] pace
- the pace was (too) [slow]
- set a [slow] pace
- [couldn't, struggled to] keep pace
- [couldn't] keep up (with) the pace
- [run, walk, talk, eat] at a fast pace
- the horse [trotted, galloped] at an even pace
- the [rate, number] grew at a rapid pace
- the pace of [growth, development, change]
- took a few paces [left, right, back, forward]
- it's [two] paces to your [left, right]
- [walked, stepped] back a pace
- they stood [barely, just] a few paces apart
- (at) a distance of [10, 20] paces
- pace back and forth
- pacing up and down
- pace around the [room, hospital, house]
- pacing around in [worry, stress, anxiousness]
- pace in and out of
- try to pace yourself
- pace yourself [at dinner, in the race]
- pace out the [area, dimensions, size]
'pace' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):