off the pace
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: behind in a race, competition, etc.
The winner finished in 4 minutes, 30 seconds, and the next runner was three seconds off the pace.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2025
And that gap only got bigger in FP2, with the four-time world champion down in seventh, six tenths off the pace, and slower than F1 debutant Isak Hadjar in Red Bull's sister team, Racing Bulls.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
In their first season under Thiago Motta, Juve have now lost just two league games, but 13 draws show just how far off the pace this side has been.
—Adam Digby, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
The three other challengers were all well off the pace back in November.
—Carol Schram, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 19 Mar. 2025
And that gap only got bigger in FP2, with the four-time world champion down in seventh, six tenths off the pace, and slower than F1 debutant Isak Hadjar in Red Bull's sister team, Racing Bulls.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
In their first season under Thiago Motta, Juve have now lost just two league games, but 13 draws show just how far off the pace this side has been.
—Adam Digby, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
The three other challengers were all well off the pace back in November.
—Carol Schram, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Off the pace.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off%20the%20pace. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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