7
pace(verb, move, action, act, movement)
7
point(noun, verb, support, go, set)
7
preface(verb, start, guide, initiate, head)
7
superiority(noun, support, hold, break, drop)
6
come first(verb, expression, idiom, head, anticipate)
6
intimation(noun, taste, sign, prompt, idea)
6
lead-in(noun, opening, addition, establishment, introduction)
6
lead the way(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, control)
6
live(verb, exist, be)
6
locomote(verb, move, action, act, go)
6
make(verb, move, take, get, go)
6
moderate
6
order(noun, verb, state, control, charge)
6
outstrip(verb, quality, surpass)
6
overtake(verb, make, go, end, quality)
6
predate(verb, head, anticipate, presage, herald)
6
protagonist(noun, person, part, appearance, advance)
6
pursue(verb, move, action, act, movement)
6
route(verb, move, take, set, mean)
6
show the way(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, show)
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