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break one's stride

break one's stride is the alternative form of break stride.

Meaning of break stride

Verb

break stride (third-person singular simple present breaks stride, present participle breaking stride, simple past broke stride, past participle broken stride)

  1. To cease walking or running at the same gait, especially with the result of interrupting one's forward momentum.
    • Ain't nothin' gonna break my stride / Nobody gonna slow me down / Oh no, I got to keep on moving1983, Matthew Wilder, Greg Prestopino, “Break My Stride”, in I Don't Speak the Language

Forms of break one's stride

third-person singular presentbreaks one's stride
present participlebreaking one's stride
pastbroke one's stride
past participlebroken one's stride

Questions about break one's stride

What is break one's stride the alternative form of?
Break one's stride is the alternative form of break stride.

Words near break one's stride in the dictionary

  1. break one's fast
  2. break one's lance
  3. break one's maiden
  4. break one's neck
  5. break one's promise
  6. break one's stride
  7. break one's word
  8. break open
  9. break out
  10. break point
  11. break points

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