Avoid team with pace (8)
I believe the answer is:
sidestep
'avoid' is the definition.
(sidestepping is a kind of avoiding)
'team with pace' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (I've seen this before).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'pace' becomes 'step' ('step' can be a synonym of 'pace'**).
'side'+'step'='SIDESTEP'
(Other definitions for sidestep that I've seen before include "To avoid" , "Find a way round" , "Shift to right or left" , "Dodge (an issue?)" , "Dodge - circumvent" .)