pace

verb [I/T] (WALK)

/peɪs/

Definition

› to walk in one direction and then in the opposite direction, often because you are worried or waiting for something to happen: [I] She paced back and forth outside the courtroom.

(Definition of pace verb (WALK) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having

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