I.
noun
1 step
ADJECTIVE
▪ long , short
▪
In one short ~ he reached the window.
▪ quick , slow
▪ easy
VERB + STRIDE
▪ take
PREPOSITION
▪ in a ~
2 way of walking
ADJECTIVE
▪ loping
▪ confident , determined , purposeful
VERB + STRIDE
▪ lengthen
▪
He lengthened his ~ to keep up with her.
▪ shorten
▪ break
▪
Without breaking her ~ she ducked the ball.
▪ match
▪
He matched his ~ to her slower pace.
PHRASES
▪ find your ~ ( figurative ), get into your ~ ( BrE , figurative ), hit your ~ ( figurative , esp. AmE )
▪
The team took time to get into their ~.
▪
The show finally hit its ~ in the second season.
3 progress
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , considerable , enormous , giant , great , huge , impressive , rapid , significant , tremendous
VERB + STRIDE
▪ make
▪
She's made enormous ~s in English this term.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~s in
▪
We have made great ~s in areas like employment and housing.
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ briskly , quickly
▪ confidently
▪ purposefully
▪ angrily
▪ ahead , away , off , up , etc.
▪
He strode off in search of a taxi.
PREPOSITION
▪ across , down , out of , past , through , towards/toward , etc.
▪
She strode purposefully across the stage.
PHRASES
▪ come striding
▪
He came striding up the path.