mend one's pace en · VERB
Meanings
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(dated) To speed up, travel faster; also, to adjust one's speed to match that of a companion.
The hurt nigger moaned feebly somewhere near by, and then fetched a deep sigh that made me mend my pace away from there.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mended one's pace | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mended one's pace | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| mending one's pace | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mends one's pace | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Relateds
regulate · modulate · synchronize
Translations (1)
ru приба́вить ша́гу (to speed up)