“one's stride”

The following 4 entries include the term one's stride.

break (one's) stride

idiom

: to pause or slow down in one's movement

get into one's stride

idiom

: to begin to do something in a confident and effective way after starting slowly

hit one's stride

idiom

: to begin to do something in a confident and effective way after starting slowly

take (something) in one's stride

idiom

: to deal with (something difficult or upsetting) in a calm way


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