stride

stride
stride1 [straıd] n
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1¦(step)¦
2¦(improvement)¦
3 take something in your stride
4 get into your stride
5¦(way of walking)¦
6 break (your) stride
7 put somebody off their stride
8 (match somebody) stride for stride
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1.) ¦(STEP)¦
a long step you make while you are walking
→↑pace
Paco reached the door in only three strides.
2.) ¦(IMPROVEMENT)¦
an improvement in a situation or in the development of something
make great/major/giant etc strides
The government has made great strides in reducing poverty.
3.) take sth in your stride
BrE take something in stride AmE
to not allow something to annoy, embarrass, or upset you
When the boss asked Judy to stay late, she took it in stride.
4.) get into your stride
BrE hit your stride AmE
to start doing something confidently and well
Once I get into my stride I can finish an essay in a few hours.
5.) ¦(WAY OF WALKING)¦ [singular]
the way you walk or run
the runner's long, loping stride
6.) break (your) stride
especially AmE
a) to begin moving more slowly or to stop when you are running or walking
b) if you break your stride, or if someone or something breaks it, you are prevented from continuing in what you are doing
Collins dealt with the reporters' questions without breaking stride .
7.) put sb off their stride
especially BrE knock/throw/keep somebody off stride AmE
to make someone unable to do something effectively, by not allowing them to give all their attention to it
Shea's testimony threw the defense off stride.
8.) (match sb) stride for stride
to manage to be just as fast, strong, skilled etc as someone else, even if they keep making it harder for you
stride 2
stride2 past tense strode [strəud US stroud] past participle stridden [ˈstrıdn]
v [I always + adverb/preposition] written
[: Old English; Origin: stridan]
to walk quickly with long steps
→↑march stride across/into/down etc
He strode toward her.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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  • stride — ► VERB (past strode; past part. stridden) 1) walk with long, decisive steps. 2) (stride across/over) cross (an obstacle) with one long step. ► NOUN 1) a long, decisive step. 2) the length of a step or manne …   English terms dictionary

  • stride — [strīd] vi. strode, stridden, striding [ME striden < OE stridan, akin to Ger streiten, to quarrel < IE * streidh < base * (s)ter , to be stiff, rigid > STARE, STARVE] 1. to walk with long steps, esp. in a vigorous or swaggering manner …   English World dictionary

  • Stride — Stride, v. t. 1. To pass over at a step; to step over. A debtor that not dares to stride a limit. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To straddle; to bestride. [1913 Webster] I mean to stride your steed. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stride — Stride, v. t. [imp. {Strode}(Obs. {Strid}); p. p. {Stridden}(Obs. {Strid}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Striding}.] [AS. str[=i]dan to stride, to strive; akin to LG. striden, OFries. str[=i]da to strive, D. strijden to strive, to contend, G. streiten, OHG.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stride — Stride, n. The act of stridding; a long step; the space measured by a long step; as, a masculine stride. Pope. [1913 Webster] God never meant that man should scale the heavens By strides of human wisdom. Cowper. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stride — ● stride nom masculin (anglais stride, enjambée) Style de piano issu du ragtime, caractérisé par l alternance à la main gauche d une note basse sur les temps forts et d un accord plaqué sur les temps faibles …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Stride — (engl., spr. ßtraid , »weiter Schritt«), Ausgriff eines Pferdes, besonders bei Rennpferden die Weite des Galoppsprunges, die Räumigkeit der Bewegung; ein Pferd mit gutem S. deckt mit jedem Sprung viel Terrain …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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