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verb ADV. briskly, quickly | confidently | purposefully | angrily | ahead, away, back, forward, in, off, out, over, past He strode off in search of a taxi. PREP. across, along, away, down, into, out of, over, past, through, towards, up She strode purposefully towards the door. PHRASES come striding He came striding up the path., noun step ADJ. long, short In one short stride, he reached the window. | quick, rapid | slow | easy | purposeful VERB + STRIDE take | lengthen, shorten He lengthened his stride to keep up with her. | break Without breaking her stride she ducked the ball. | match He matched his stride to her slower pace. PREP. in a ~ progress ADJ. considerable, enormous, giant, great VERB + STRIDE make She's made enormous strides in English this term. PREP. ~s in
Oxford Collocations Dictionary