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verb/peɪs/
/peɪs/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they pace | /peɪs/ /peɪs/ |
| he / she / it paces | /ˈpeɪsɪz/ /ˈpeɪsɪz/ |
| past simple paced | /peɪst/ /peɪst/ |
| past participle paced | /peɪst/ /peɪst/ |
| -ing form pacing | /ˈpeɪsɪŋ/ /ˈpeɪsɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to walk up and down in a small area many times, especially because you are feeling nervous or angry
- + adv./prep. She paced up and down outside the room.
- I paced nervously back and forth across the room.
- pace something Ted paced the floor restlessly.
Extra Examples- He paced slowly back and forth.
- Ella got up and started pacing around the room.
- He was pacing the room like a caged animal.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- slowly
- anxiously
- nervously
- …
- begin to
- about
- around
- round
- …
- begin pacing
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- [transitive] pace something to set the speed at which something happens or develops
- He paced his game skilfully.
- One runner was selected to pace the race.
- [transitive] pace yourself to find the right speed or rhythm for your work or an activity so that you have enough energy to do what you have to do
- He'll have to learn to pace himself in this job.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French pas, from Latin passus ‘stretch (of the leg)’, from pandere ‘to stretch’.
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