set the pace

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

set the ˈpace idiom
1. to do sth at a particular speed or to a particular standard so that other people are then forced to copy it if they want to be successful
•The company is no longer setting the pace in the home computer market.
2. (in a race)to run faster than the other people taking part, at a speed that they then try to copy
•Willis set the pace for the first mile.
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