pace : Idioms & Phrases

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change-of-pace

  • noun a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball
    change-of-pace; off-speed pitch; change-up.
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change-of-pace ball

  • noun a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball
    change-of-pace; off-speed pitch; change-up.
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cinque-pace

Cinque"-pace` noun
Etymology
Cinque + pace.
Definitions
  1. A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five. Obs. Nares. Shak.
Webster 1913

fast-paced

  • adjective satellite of communication that proceeds rapidly
    • a fast-paced talker
    • fast-paced fiction
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geometric pace

  • noun a modern version of the Roman pace now taken to be 5 feet
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Geometrical pace

  • a measure of five feet.
Webster 1913

giddy-paced

Gid"dy-paced` adjective
Definitions
  1. Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle. R. Shak.
Webster 1913

keep pace

  • verb maintain the same pace
    keep step.
    • The child cannot keep step with his big brother
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military pace

  • noun the length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time)
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pace car

  • noun a high-performance car that leads a parade of competing cars through the pace lap and then pulls off the course
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pace lap

  • noun the first lap of a car race that prepares the cars for a fast start
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roman pace

  • noun an ancient Roman unit of length (4.85 English feet) measured as the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when next it touches the ground
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snail-paced

Snail"-paced` adjective
Definitions
  1. Slow-moving, like a snail.
    Bid the snail-paced Ajax arm for shame. Shak.
Webster 1913

To show his paces

  • to exhibit the gait, speed, or the like; said especially of a horse.
Webster 1913