Significato: astride

a·stride || ə'straɪdadv. a cavalcioni, a gambe divaricateprep. a cavalcioni di; da ambo i lati di, sui due lati di

put one off stride Idioma

in stride

(See take it in stride)

take in stride

accept good or bad luck and go on The boxer took his loss in stride and began to prepare for his next fight.

take it in stride

continue without delay, cope with Lilian is so steady. If there's a problem, she takes it in stride.

take sth in stride

Idiom(s): take sth in stride

Theme: ACCEPTANCE

to accept something as natural or expected.
• The argument surprised him, but he took it in stride.
• It was a very rude remark, but Mary took it in stride.

reach one's stride

Idiom(s): reach one's stride AND hit one's stride

Theme: ACCOMPLISHMENT

to do something at one's best level of ability.
• When I reach my stride, things will go faster, and I'll be more efficient.
• Now that I've hit my stride, I can work more efficiently.

hit one's stride

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.

hit one's stride|hit|stride

v. phr. 1. To walk or run at your best speed; reach your top speed or game. After walking the first mile, Jim was just hitting his stride. The horse began to hit his stride and moved ahead of the other horses in the race. 2. To do your best work; do the best job you are able to. Mary didn't begin to hit her stride in school until the fifth grade.

take in stride|stride|take

v. phr. To meet happenings without too much surprise; accept good or bad luck and go on. He learned to take disappointments in stride.

make great strides

make great strides
Advance considerably, make good progress, as in He made great strides in his study of Latin. Since its earliest recorded use in 1600, this expression has taken a number of forms—make a wide stride, take strides, make rapid strides. All of them transfer a long walking step to other kinds of progress.

put (one) off (one's) stride

To disturb, abstract from, or baffle with what one is doing, such that they are clumsy to do it well. It absolutely put me off my stride to accept my parents watching while I formed on my painting. The boxer approved to put his adversary off his stride by accepting in his face appropriate afore the fight.Learn more: off, put, stride

put one off one's stride

1. Lit. to account one to aberrate from a adroit stride while walking, running, or marching. A aerial ran beyond the aisle and put me off my stride.
2. Fig. to baffle with one's accustomed and accustomed advance or amount of progress. Your amazing comments put Larry off his stride for a moment. He was put off his stride by an abeyance from the audience.Learn more: off, one, put, stride

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make great strides make head or tail of make heavy weather make history make inroads into put on side put on the (old) feedbag put on the (old) nosebag put on the block put on the brakes put on the clamps put on the cuff put on the dog put on the dog, to put on the feed bag put on the feedbag put on the map put on the nosebag put on the ritz put on the spot put on the street put on weight put on your thinking cap put on, wear, etc. sackcloth and ashes put one at ease put one foot in front of the other put one in mind of put one in place put one off put one off one's stride put one off stride put one on guard put one on honor put one out put one over on put one over on (one) put one over on someone put one past (one) put one through paces put one’s nose in put one’s nose in where it’s not wanted put one's back into it put one's best foot forward put one's best foot forward, to put one's face on put one's feet up put one's finger on put one's foot down put one's foot down, to put one's foot in it put one's foot in it/one's mouth, to put one's house in order put one's mind to put one's money where one's mouth is put one's money where one's mouth is, to put one's oar in