- take it in stride
- continue without delay, cope with
Lilian is so steady. If there's a problem, she takes it in stride.
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take it in stride
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take something in stride — take something in (one s) stride deal with something difficult or unpleasant in a calm and accepting way we took each new disease in stride * * * take (something) in stride (US) (or Brit take (something) in your stride) : to deal with (something… … Useful english dictionary
take something in one's stride (US also take something in stride) — deal with something difficult in a calm way. → stride … English new terms dictionary
take something in stride — take it as it comes, accept it understandingly; deal with successfully … English contemporary dictionary
take in your stride — When, in a difficult situation, you take things in your stride, you deal with the situation calmly and without any special effort. When the take over was announced, Tom stayed calm and took it in his stride … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
take something in stride — verb To cope with something without much effort; to accept or manage something well. He pretty much took it in stride when he came home wailing, again … Wiktionary
take something in your stride — phrase to not be upset or troubled by something I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride. Thesaurus: to be, or to become calm and stop worryingsynonym Main entry: stride * * * take sth in your ˈstride idiom … Useful english dictionary
take in stride — take (something) in stride (US) (or Brit take (something) in your stride) : to deal with (something difficult or upsetting) in a calm way I thought she d be upset, but she has taken the news in stride. • • • Main Entry: ↑stride … Useful english dictionary
stride — stride1 [straıd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(step)¦ 2¦(improvement)¦ 3 take something in your stride 4 get into your stride 5¦(way of walking)¦ 6 break (your) stride 7 put somebody off their stride 8 (match somebody) stride for stride ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(STEP)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
stride — [[t]stra͟ɪd[/t]] strides, striding, strode 1) VERB If you stride somewhere, you walk there with quick, long steps. [V prep/adv] They were joined by a newcomer who came striding across a field... [V prep/adv] He turned abruptly and strode off down … English dictionary
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
