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pace car

noun

Meaning

  1. A car that other cars drive behind before a race starts.
  2. A car that paces the race cars to keep them running at a slower pace due to race conditions, and which the other cars cannot pass.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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