setting the pace

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• set the pace — ► to be the first to do new things or to do them particularly well, so that other people or organizations have to follow your example if they want to succeed: »The company has set the pace for flexibility and rapid turnaround of orders. »The… …   Financial and business terms

• set\ the\ pace — • set the pace • pace setter • pace setting v. phr. To decide on a rate of speed of travel or rules that are followed by others. The scoutmaster set the pace so that the shorter boys would not get tired trying to keep up. Louise set the pace in… …   Словарь американских идиом

• set the pace — {v. phr.} To decide on a rate of speed of travel or rules that are followed by others. * /The scoutmaster set the pace so that the shorter boys would not get tired trying to keep up./ * /Louise set the pace in selling tickets for the school… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• set the pace — {v. phr.} To decide on a rate of speed of travel or rules that are followed by others. * /The scoutmaster set the pace so that the shorter boys would not get tired trying to keep up./ * /Louise set the pace in selling tickets for the school… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• pace|mak|ing — «PAYS MAY kihng», noun, adjective. –n. the act of setting the pace. –adj. setting the pace; acting as a pacemaker: »an electronic pacemaking device …   Useful english dictionary

• The Minister's Cat — is a Victorian parlour game. The game involves describing the eponymous cat using adjectives beginning with each letter of the alphabet. How the game is played All players sit in a circle, and the first player describes the minister s cat with an …   Wikipedia

• pace|set|ting — «PAYS SEHT ihng», adjective. setting the pace; pacemaking …   Useful english dictionary

• pace — pace1 W3 [peıs] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(speed of events/changes)¦ 2¦(walk/run)¦ 3¦(step)¦ 4 keep pace (with something/somebody) 5 go through your paces 6 put somebody/something through their paces 7 set the pace 8 force the pace 9 be able to stand the pace… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pace — 1 noun 1 WALK/RUN (singular) the speed at which you walk or run: They ve run the first mile in under six minutes can they keep up this pace? | at a steady/gentle/brisk pace: The troops marched at a steady pace. 2 SPEED STH HAPPENS (singular) the… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• The Mote in God's Eye —   …   Wikipedia

• pace-setter — [pace setting] See: SET THE PACE …   Dictionary of American idioms