Pace street before getting lift (6)
I believe the answer is:
stride
'pace' is the definition.
(I know that pace can be written as stride)
'street before getting lift' is the wordplay.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'before getting' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'lift' becomes 'ride' (I've seen this in another clue).
'st'+'ride'='STRIDE'
(Other definitions for stride that I've seen before include "jazz piano-playing" , "Take long steps" , "Long step of direst kind" , "use your legs!" , "A lengthy step" .)