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forcing the pace

forcing the pace is the present participle and gerund of force the pace.

Meaning of force the pace

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

Questions about forcing the pace

What is forcing the pace the present participle and gerund of?
Forcing the pace is the present participle and gerund of force the pace.

Words near forcing the pace in the dictionary

  1. forcing houses
  2. forcing one's way
  3. forcing out
  4. forcing someone's hand
  5. forcing something down someone's throat
  6. forcing the pace
  7. forcing the voucher
  8. forcingly
  9. forcings
  10. forcipal
  11. forcipate

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