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hit one's stride

stride
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [strahyd]
    • /hɪt wʌnz straɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [strahyd]
    • /hɪt wʌnz straɪd/

Definitions of hit one's stride words

  • verb without object hit one's stride to walk with long steps, as with vigor, haste, impatience, or arrogance. 1
  • verb without object hit one's stride to take a long step: to stride across a puddle. 1
  • verb without object hit one's stride to straddle. 1
  • verb with object hit one's stride to walk with long steps along, on, through, over, etc.: to stride the deck. 1
  • verb with object hit one's stride to pass over or across in one long step: to stride a ditch. 1
  • verb with object hit one's stride to straddle. 1
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Origin of hit one's stride

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) Middle English striden, Old English strīdan; cognate with Dutch strijden, Low German strīden to stride; (noun) Middle English stride, derivative of the v.; akin to straddle

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Parts of speech for Hit one's stride

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Hit one's stride

hit one's stride popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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