set the pace

[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 play./

- [pace-setter] {n.}

* /John is the pace-setter of the class./

- [pace-setting] {adj.}

* /Bob's time in the cross-country race was pace-setting./

* /The country is growing at a pace-setting rate./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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