- take something in your stride
- to not be upset or troubled by something
I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride.
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take something in your stride — phrase to not be upset or troubled by something I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride. Thesaurus: to be, or to become calm and stop worryingsynonym Main entry: stride * * * take sth in your ˈstride idiom … Useful english dictionary
take (something) in (your) stride — to calmly deal with something unpleasant and not let it have a bad effect on you. There s plenty of work to do, but she seems to take it all in her stride. Cooper has learned to take such criticism in stride … New idioms dictionary
take it in your stride — If you take something in your stride, you deal with it even though it is difficult or unpleasant without letting it bother or upset you … The small dictionary of idiomes
take something in stride — take something in (one s) stride deal with something difficult or unpleasant in a calm and accepting way we took each new disease in stride * * * take (something) in stride (US) (or Brit take (something) in your stride) : to deal with (something… … Useful english dictionary
take in stride — take (something) in stride (US) (or Brit take (something) in your stride) : to deal with (something difficult or upsetting) in a calm way I thought she d be upset, but she has taken the news in stride. • • • Main Entry: ↑stride … Useful english dictionary
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 */ — 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
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 — [straɪd] (past tense strode [strəʊd] ; past participle stridden [ˈstrɪd(ə)n] ) verb [I] I to walk with energy and confidence She strode onto the platform.[/ex] II noun [C] stride [straɪd] a long confident step • get into your stride to begin to… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
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
