Stride

  • 111o|ver|stride — «OH vuhr STRYD», transitive verb, strode, strid|den, strid|ing. 1. to stride over or across. 2. Figurative. to stride or go beyond; surpass. 3. to bestride …

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  • 112hit (your) stride — get into your ˈstride idiom (BrE) (NAmE hit (your) ˈstride) to begin to do sth with confidence and at a good speed after a slow, uncertain start • After a nervous start, he finally got into his stride in the second set …

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  • 113Robin Hood's Stride — View Robin Hood s Stride (also known as Mock Beggar s Mansion) is a rock formation on the Limestone Way in Derbyshire close to Bakewell, between Harthill Moor and the Alport Winster road. It consists of gritstone boulders deeply seamed by water… …

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  • 114hit one's stride — verb a) when walking or running, to reach a full or comfortable pace I usually start running slowly for a warm up and then hit my stride a few minutes into the run. b) to reach a full level of efficiency, competence …

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  • 115Harlem-Stride-Style —   [englisch/amerikanisch, hɑːləm straɪd staɪl], um 1920 in New York auf der Basis der Boogie Woogie und Ragtime Tradition entstandener Jazz Klavierstil mit charakteristischer Stride Begleittechnik (Stridepiano). Er spielte eine große Rolle im… …

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  • 116take in your stride —    When, in a difficult situation, you take things in your stride, you deal with the situation calmly and without any special effort.     When the take over was announced, Tom stayed calm and took it in his stride …

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  • 117hit your stride — hit (your) stride to start to do something confidently and well. She began writing novels in the 1930s but really only hit her stride after the war …

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  • 118hit stride — hit (your) stride to start to do something confidently and well. She began writing novels in the 1930s but really only hit her stride after the war …

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  • 119put (someone) off (their) stride — British, American & Australian, British & Australian to take someone s attention away from what they are doing so they are not able to do it well. She was making funny faces at me, trying to put me off my stroke. When I m playing chess, the… …

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  • 120get into your stride — If you get into your stride, you become confident and proficient at something …

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