geometrical pace
noun
A length of five feet (approx. 1.52 m); the distance between successive stationary positions of the same foot when walking.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in William Cuningham (c1531–1586), physician and cartographer.
- make an ass of oneself
- make-and-break
- make an effort
- make an end of
- make an enemy of
- make an example of
- make an exhibition of oneself
- make an honest woman of
- make an issue of
- make a noise
- make an (or one's) entrance
- make a (or no) difference
- make a (or one's) fortune
- make a (or one's) pile
- make a pig of oneself
- make a pig's ear of
- make a pitch
- make a plan
- make a play for
- make a point of
- make a present of
- make a production of
- make a (quick) quid
- make a rod for one's own back
- (make a) run for it