Usually means: Establish speed or standard others follow.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. set the pace: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. set the pace: Merriam-Webster
  3. set the pace: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. set the pace: Collins English Dictionary
  5. set the pace: Wiktionary
  6. set the pace: Dictionary.com
  7. set the pace: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. set the pace: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Set The Pace: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (set the pace)

▸ verb:  To establish the speed for a group to move at, for example in a race.
▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To establish a common goal by example.

Similar:
pace, keep the pace, keep pace, mend one's pace, make good time, force the pace, gather pace, catch step, pick up the pace, follow a wheel, more...

Opposite:
follow lead, lag behind, trail behind, fall behind

Phrases:
set the pace in a race, more...

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Similar:
pace, keep the pace, keep pace, mend one's pace, make good time, force the pace, gather pace, catch step, pick up the pace, follow a wheel, more...

Opposite:
follow lead, lag behind, trail behind, fall behind

Phrases:
set the pace in a race, more...



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