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breaking stride

breaking stride is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about breaking stride

What is breaking stride the present participle and gerund of?
Breaking stride is the present participle and gerund of break stride.

Words near breaking stride in the dictionary

  1. breaking someone's face
  2. breaking someone's heart
  3. breaking squelch
  4. breaking strain
  5. breaking strains
  6. breaking stride
  7. breaking the back of
  8. breaking the bank
  9. breaking the cycle
  10. breaking the deadlock
  11. breaking the fourth wall

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