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breaks stride

breaks stride is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 breaks stride

What is breaks stride the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Breaks stride is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break stride.

Words near breaks stride in the dictionary

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

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