mend one's pace

verb

To speed up, travel faster; also, to adjust one's speed to match that of a companion.

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Meanings

verbmend one's pace (third-person singular simple present mends one's pace, present participle mending one's pace, simple past and past participle mended one's pace)

present singular third person mends one's pace · participle present mending one's pace · participle past mended one's pace · past mended one's pace

  1. datedTo 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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
quickenspeed up

Translations

Russian приба́вить ша́гу
  • приба́вить ша́гу (pribávitʹ šágu)to speed up
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APA

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Chicago

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