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Collocations for stride - verb

ADVERB

briskly, quickly
confidently
purposefully
angrily
ahead, away, off, up, etc.
He strode off in search of a taxi.

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PREPOSITION

across, down, out of, past, through, towards/toward, etc.
She strode purposefully across the stage.

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PHRASES

come striding
He came striding up the path.

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Collocations for stride - noun

1. step

ADJECTIVE

long, short
In one short stride he reached the window.
quick, slow
easy

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VERB + stride

take

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PREPOSITION

in a stride

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2. way of walking

ADJECTIVE

loping
confident, determined, purposeful

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VERB + stride

lengthen
He lengthened his stride to keep up with her.
shorten
break
Without breaking her stride she ducked the ball.
match
He matched his stride to her slower pace.

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PHRASES

find your stride (figurative), get into your stride (BrE,figurative), hit your stride (figurative, esp. AmE)
The team took time to get into their stride.
The show finally hit its stride in the second season.

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3. progress

ADJECTIVE

big, considerable, enormous, giant, great, huge, impressive, rapid, significant, tremendous

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VERB + stride

make
She's made enormous strides in English this term.

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PREPOSITION

strides in
We have made great strides in areas like employment and housing.

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