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getting into one's stride

getting into one's stride is the present participle and gerund of get into one's stride.

Meaning of get into one's stride

Verb

get into one's stride (third-person singular simple present gets into one's stride, present participle getting into one's stride, simple past and past participle got into one's stride)

  1. (UK, idiomatic) To become familiar with something
    • In the meantime, alongside the multiple-unit express trains the new freight diesels, and the 2,500-h.p. electric locomotives, are getting into their respective strides.1959 October, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 724

Questions about getting into one's stride

What is getting into one's stride the present participle and gerund of?
Getting into one's stride is the present participle and gerund of get into one's stride.

Words near getting into one's stride in the dictionary

  1. getting ink
  2. getting inside someone's pants
  3. getting into
  4. getting into character
  5. getting into it
  6. getting into one's stride
  7. getting into shape
  8. getting into someone's head
  9. getting into someone's pants
  10. getting into the act
  11. getting into the wrong hands

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