pace off

English

Verb

pace off (third-person singular simple present paces off, present participle pacing off, simple past and past participle paced off)

1. To count steps.
   • 2024, Paul Salopek, New Map: Ancient Roads of China, National Geographic[1]

     Pacing off on average 25 kilometers a day, month after month, we two-stepped around roaring superhighways, under bullet-train bridges, through megacities of 22 million that took a week to traverse, as well as past dams, mines, airports, and industrial parks—a buzzing tableau you’d expect from China’s reputation as the “factory of the world.”