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pacing off

pacing off is the present participle and gerund of pace off.

Meaning of pace off

Verb

pace off (third-person singular simple present paces off, present participle pacing off, simple past and past participle paced off)

  1. To count steps.
    • Pacing off on average 25 kilometers a day, month after month, we two-stepped around roaring superhighways, under bullet-train bridges, through megacities of 22 million that took a week to traverse, as well as past dams, mines, airports, and industrial parks—a buzzing tableau you’d expect from...2024, Paul Salopek, New Map: Ancient Roads of China, National Geographichttps://outofedenwalk.nationalgeographic.org/articles/2024-07-new-map-ancient-roads-china

Questions about pacing off

What is pacing off the present participle and gerund of?
Pacing off is the present participle and gerund of pace off.

Words near pacing off in the dictionary

  1. pacifyingly
  2. paciltaxel
  3. pacily
  4. paciness
  5. pacing
  6. pacing off
  7. pacing oneself
  8. pacing out
  9. pacings
  10. Pacini
  11. Pacinian

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