Speakur

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take something in one's stride

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables
take -some-thing in one's stride
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
25
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Not to allow oneself to be set back, daunted, upset or embarrassed by unpleasant or undesirable circumstances.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

takes something in one's stride (present, singular) taking something in one's stride (participle, present) took something in one's stride (past) taken something in one's stride (participle, past) take something in stride (alternative)

Questions

What does take something in one's stride mean?
Not to allow oneself to be set back, daunted, upset or embarrassed by unpleasant or undesirable circumstances.

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