take something in your stride
stride
verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
uk /straɪd/ us /straɪd/strode | stridden
to walk somewhere quickly with long steps: 大步快走，阔步行进
stride purposefullyShe strode purposefully up to the desk and demanded to speak to the manager.她果断地大步走到桌前，要求见经理。
stride across/into/out ofHe strode across/into/out of the room.他大步走过／进／出房间。

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to move fast
speedHe ran back to his car and sped off.
raceShe raced over and hugged me.
flyShe flew across the room just in time to stop the baby falling off the chair.
beltUKTraffic was belting along the motorway.
tearA fire truck came tearing down the road.
streakBullets streaked across the sky.

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to walk
walkThe baby has just learned to walk.
strideShe strode purposefully up to the desk and demanded to speak to the manager.
marchHe marched right in to the office and demanded to see the governor.
strollWe strolled along the beach.
wanderShe wandered from room to room, not sure of what she was looking for.
ambleShe ambled down the street, looking in shop windows.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Moving firmly on foot
breeze
bull
clomp
clump
flounce
goose step
lope
pace
parade
prance
quick march!idiom
sashay
stamp
stomp
strut
surefooted
swaggeringly
unmounted
vamp
waltz

stride | American Dictionary

stride
verb[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]
us/strɑɪd/past tense and past participlestrodeus/stroʊd/ | past participlestriddenus/strɪd·ən/

strideverb[I always + adv/prep] (WALK)

to walk somewhere quickly with long steps:
She strode across the room and demanded to speak to the manager.
stride
noun
us/strɑɪd/

stridenoun (DEVELOPMENT)

[ Cusually pl ]
an important positive development:
They have already made great strides in improving service.

stridenoun (WALK)

[ C ]
a step, esp. a long step:
He reached me in one long stride.

Examples of stride

stride
The horse was filmed while standing and while being ridden along the runway at a walk for six strides.
However, large strides were being taken and the foundations of what is now known as soil microbial ecology were being established.
How well he mimicked, non passibus aequis, the great strides of his master, and what a majestic figure he cut on his donkey!
At the same time it has pioneered huge strides in exploration and production technology, safety/environmental management and applied geoscience research.
In recent years, significant strides have been made in the understanding of mixing.
The function trand.9973 takes a seed and returns a new seed by striding forward in the initial random stream by 9973 steps.
However, the region as a whole has undergone tremendous strides in development in recent decades.
At around this same age, infants begin to produce their first words, making initial strides towards truly symbolic communication.
Still, despite the great strides in system and hardware advancements, software applications have yet to embrace the new standards.
He strode round in a chalky, torn gown and seemed to be able to deliver a totally unprepared but enthralling lesson on almost any topic.
Good planning requires clear goals, realistic timelines, long-range vision, incremental strides, and good leadership.
Technological and artistic strides are present in every century.
The toddler years are also characterized by great strides in cognitive development.
In summary, although the past decade has produced great strides in unravelling the complex effect of serotonin on locomotor activity, additional clarification is still required.
Together they have made enormous strides in charting and rendering intelligible the phenomenal nineteenth-century revolution in publishing.
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Collocations withstride

stride

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considerable stride
A very considerable stride forward has been achieved.
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