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I usually start running slowly for a warm-up and then hit my stride a few minutes into the run.
They had a baby just as she was hitting her stride professionally.
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hit one's 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… … Dictionary of American idioms
hit one's 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… … Dictionary of American idioms
hit one's stride — phrasal : to reach one s best speed or performance : exhibit maximum competence or capability * * * hit one s stride To achieve one s normal or expected level of progress, efficiency, degree of success, etc ● stride … Useful english dictionary
hit one's stride — idi cvb hit one s stride a) to achieve a steady pace b) to reach the level at which one functions most competently … From formal English to slang
hit\ one's\ 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; … Словарь американских идиом
stride — [strīd] vi. strode, stridden, striding [ME striden < OE stridan, akin to Ger streiten, to quarrel < IE * streidh < base * (s)ter , to be stiff, rigid > STARE, STARVE] 1. to walk with long steps, esp. in a vigorous or swaggering manner … English World dictionary
stride — strider, n. stridingly, adv. /struyd/, v., strode, stridden /strid n/, striding, n. v.i. 1. to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance. 2. to take a long step: to stride across a puddle. 3. to straddle. v.t. 4. to… … Universalium
stride — I n. normal speed 1) to hit one s stride progress 2) to make great strides in 3) great, tremendous strides misc. 4) to take smt. in stride ( to confront a new problem calmly ) II v. 1) to stride confidently; purposefully 2) (P; intr.) she strode… … Combinatory dictionary
stride — [[t]straɪd[/t]] v. strode, strid•den [[t]ˈstrɪd n[/t]] strid•ing, n. 1) to walk with long steps 2) to straddle 3) to walk with long steps over or along: to stride the deck[/ex] 4) to pass over in one long step: to stride a ditch[/ex] 5) to… … From formal English to slang
stride — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. step, pace; progress, improvement. v. walk, march, step; straddle. See travel, motion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. walk, pace, measured step; see gait 1 . • hit one s stride*, Syn. get up to normal, get… … English dictionary for students
