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force the pace

force the pace verb: to undertake a decisive, fast-paced approach.

Verb

force the pace (third-person singular simple present forces the pace, present participle forcing the pace, simple past and past participle forced the pace)

  1. To undertake a decisive, fast-paced approach.
    • Meanwhile the larger company was showing no great eagerness to yield to the pressure of South Wales interests to convert its gauge, and with a view to forcing the pace, the Llynvi & Ogmore in 1871 promoted a remarkable railway from an extension of its system already authorised near Blackmill...1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, in Railway Magazine, page 447

Forms of force the pace

third-person singular presentforces the pace
present participleforcing the pace
past participleforced the pace
pastforced the pace

Questions about force the pace

What does force the pace mean?
Force the pace means to undertake a decisive, fast-paced approach.
What part of speech is force the pace?
Force the pace is a verb.
What is the past tense of force the pace?
The past tense of force the pace is forced the pace.

Words near force the pace in the dictionary

  1. force quits
  2. force quitted
  3. force quitting
  4. force someone's back to the wall
  5. force someone's hand
  6. force the pace
  7. force the voucher
  8. force-fed
  9. force-feed
  10. force-feeding
  11. force-feeds

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