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take in stride
Idioms and Phrases
Accept something as a matter of course, not allow something to interrupt or disturb one's routine. For example, There were bound to be setbacks but Jack took them in stride . This idiom alludes to a horse clearing an obstacle without checking its stride. [c. 1900]Example Sentences
Winston and his team wanted to replace “We were born to ride†with “We will take in stride†— “which is very poignant,†Griffin said.
“And so I think for me…Coming up short in a presidential campaign or not winning that second term of administration, all of those things are much easier to take in stride.â€
People living now in Putin’s old apartment complex take in stride the historic connection to a onetime nest of spies, and the notoriety that was to accrue to the onetime tenant.
It was all very coolly received, in part, one would imagine, because for any of that to occur, Ramaswamy would have to beat Trump in the Republican primary, which this crew was not likely to take in stride.
In places where blustering winds and blankets of snow are expected, some said the storm was indeed serious but something they could take in stride.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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