Related Clues:

• Set the tempo for
• Walked like an expectant father, perhaps
• Measured off, in a way
• Waited nervously, perhaps
• Walked nervously back and forth
• Was nervously active, in a way
• Worked off nervous energy, say
• Measured with steps
• Established the tempo for
• Measured (a distance) by walking
• Measured, in a way, with 'off'
• Walked anxiously
• Moved worriedly
• Patrolled, with due deference to duke
• Took steps to depose king in full