mend one's pace

English

Verb

mend one 's pace

(dated) To speed up, travel faster; also, to adjust one's speed to match that of a companion.
- 1902, Joseph Conrad, chapter I, in Heart of Darkness:
  The hurt nigger moaned feebly somewhere near by, and then fetched a deep sigh that made me mend my pace away from there.

Translations

to speed up

Russian: приба́вить ша́гу pf (pribávitʹ šágu)

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