"set the pace" meaning in English

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      "form": "sets the pace",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "setting the pace",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "set the pace",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "set the pace",
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        "past"
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        "1": "set<,,set> the pace"
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To establish the speed for a group to move at, for example in a race."
      ],
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          "establish",
          "establish"
        ],
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          "speed",
          "speed"
        ]
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        {
          "text": "In May 2003, South Africa set the pace by banning thin plastic bags and imposing a tax on thick ones.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To establish a common goal by example."
      ],
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          "example"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To establish a common goal by example."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "41 59",
          "word": "set the tone"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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  "word": "set the pace"
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      "form": "sets the pace",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "set the pace",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "set the pace",
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        "past"
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "set the tone"
    }
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        "To establish the speed for a group to move at, for example in a race."
      ],
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          "establish",
          "establish"
        ],
        [
          "speed",
          "speed"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To establish a common goal by example."
      ],
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          "goal",
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          "example",
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        "(idiomatic) To establish a common goal by example."
      ],
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