- stride
- stride1 [straıd] n▬▬▬▬▬▬▬1¦(step)¦2¦(improvement)¦3 take something in your stride4 get into your stride5¦(way of walking)¦6 break (your) stride7 put somebody off their stride8 (match somebody) stride for stride▬▬▬▬▬▬▬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 somethingmake great/major/giant etc strides▪ The government has made great strides in reducing poverty.3.) take sth in your strideBrE take something in stride AmEto 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 strideBrE hit your stride AmEto 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 stride6.) break (your) strideespecially AmEa) to begin moving more slowly or to stop when you are running or walkingb) 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 strideespecially BrE knock/throw/keep somebody off stride AmEto 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 strideto manage to be just as fast, strong, skilled etc as someone else, even if they keep making it harder for youstride 2stride2 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.