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idiomstridedo sth without breaking stride AmEAmEto continue doing something easily and calmly, even though things happen that could interrupt you or surprise you:Stern maintains the art of pacing a radio show, cutting from one outrageous comment to the next joke without breaking stride.As I sat there struggling to get my plaster to stick, he looked over and, without breaking his conversational stride, said, "You're doing it wrong."get into your stride BrEBrEhit (your) stride AmEto start speaking or doing something better or more confidently, after you have been doing it for a time:I've been in radio for many years now, but sometimes I feel like I am only just hitting my stride.Just as the teacher was getting into her stride, the whole school was plunged in darkness.Newcastle United may have begun the season badly, but once they got into their stride there was no stopping them.match sb stride for strideto do something just as well as, or be just as good as, someone you are competing with or being compared to:The men and women matched each other stride for stride when tested for managerial qualities.Newry are a much better team than they were last season and matched their supposedly superior opponents stride for stride.put sb off their stride(also put sb off their stroke BrE)to make someone pause in what they are saying or doing, or stop them from doing it so well, by surprising, annoying, or interrupting them:Wright's game suddenly began to improve and Jackson was put off her stride by the abrupt change in pace.Mrs Grower tried to interrupt, but the headmaster refused to be put off his stroke.take sth in your stride BrEBrEtake sth in stride AmEto react to a change or difficult situation in a calm and efficient way, without being too upset by it:I used to be able to take things in my stride, but lately every little thing seems like a major disaster.Despite being so young, Leonardo di Caprio is taking all the acclaim and adulation in his stride.The stock market appeared to take the news of a raise in interest rates in stride; the Dow Jones was up by three points.
See:- break (one's) stride
- break stride
- follow (someone or something) in stride
- get into (one's) stride
- get into stride
- get into your stride
- hit (one's) stride
- hit one's stride
- hit stride
- in stride
- make a wide stride
- make great strides
- make great, rapid, etc. strides
- make rapid strides
- match (one) stride for stride
- put (one) off (one's) stride
- put one off one's stride
- put one off stride
- put somebody off their stride/stroke
- put someone off their stride
- reach (one's) stride
- reach stride
- stride for stride
- stride in
- stride into (some place)
- stride off
- stride out
- stride out of
- stride out of (some place)
- take (something) in (one's) stride
- take in stride
- take it in stride, to
- take something in your stride
- without breaking (one's) stride
- without breaking stride
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