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broke stride

broke stride is the simple past 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 broke stride

What is broke stride the simple past of?
Broke stride is the simple past of break stride.

Words near broke stride in the dictionary

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

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