stride — stride1 [straıd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 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 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(STEP)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
stride — 1 verb past tense strode, past participle stridden (intransitive always + adv/prep) to walk quickly with long steps (+ across/into/down): Clarice jumped off the porch and strode across the lawn. 2 noun 1 walking (C) a long step: Paco reached the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
stride — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 step ADJECTIVE ▪ long, short ▪ In one short stride he reached the window. ▪ quick, slow ▪ easy … Collocations dictionary
stride — stride1 [ straıd ] noun * count a long confident step: In three strides he had crossed the room. a. singular a way of walking with long steps: an easy stride b. count the distance you go in one long step: The horse was within strides of the… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Stride (music) — Harlem Stride Piano, Stride Piano, or just Stride, is a jazz piano style that was developed in the large cities of the East Coast, mainly in the New York, during 1920s and 1930s. The left hand may play a four beat pulse with a single bass note,… … Wikipedia
stride — [[t]stra͟ɪd[/t]] strides, striding, strode 1) VERB If you stride somewhere, you walk there with quick, long steps. [V prep/adv] They were joined by a newcomer who came striding across a field... [V prep/adv] He turned abruptly and strode off down … English dictionary
stride */ — I UK [straɪd] / US noun Word forms stride : singular stride plural strides [countable] a long confident step In three strides he had crossed the room. a) [singular] a way of walking with long steps an easy stride b) [countable] the distance that… … English dictionary
Elizabeth Stride — (Née Gustafsdotter) (27 November 1843 30 September 1888) is believed to be the third victim of the notorious unidentified serial killer named Jack the Ripper , who killed and mutilated prostitutes in the Whitechapel area of London during the late … Wikipedia
Break My Stride — Infobox Single Name = Break My Stride Cover size = Caption = Artist = Matthew Wilder from Album = I Don t Speak the Language A side = Break My Stride B side = Instrumental Released = 1983 Format = 7 vinyl; 12 vinyl Recorded = Genre = Pop Length … Wikipedia
put someone off their stride — phrase to upset or trouble someone He wasn’t going to let a bit of heckling put him off his stride. Thesaurus: to cause problems for someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: stride … Useful english dictionary
