Next fit the quoins, using the “persuader” to squeeze in the pages, and tap up all around.

[…] Queeg was obtaining a command for which he was rather young. “They’re moving you fellows up now pretty fast.”

When Rowland Hill, Lord Mayor in 1550, instigated the carting of notable citizens for unchastity, several of them ‘told him that it was not right to be so severe […]’.

Next, you're looking for a sparkplug to put in the lead-off position. This is someone who will rev up the team with a mark right away. Watch out for the sputterer, the misfirer, or anyone who fuels up with a gallon of ethyl alcohol before frame one.