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bestride

[ bih-strahyd ]

verb (used with object)

bestrode or bestrid, bestridden or bestrid, bestriding.
  1. to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
  2. to step over or across with long strides.
  3. to stand or tower over; dominate.


bestride

/ ɪˈٰɪ /

verb

  1. to have or put a leg on either side of
  2. to extend across; span
  3. to stride over or across
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bestride1

before 1000; Middle English bestriden, Old English ٰī岹. See be-, stride
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Casemiro, a sad and fading shadow of the great player who bestrode Real Madrid's midfield through their Champions League glories, simply strolled out.

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He bestrode the tabloid newspapers and craved headlines and front pages.

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If things were as United believes they should be, and England’s biggest club was bestriding the Premier League like a colossus, then the hiring of an executive would be little more than a footnote.

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Immaculately groomed and entirely self-possessed, Siobhan bestrides the world of public relations like an expertly contoured colossus.

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He was sentenced to three years in prison, two of them suspended, in what was a stunning fall from grace for a former president who once bestrode the world.

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