stride
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- n a step in walking or running
- n the distance covered by a step
- n significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides")
they made big strides in productivity - v walk with long steps
- v cover or traverse by taking long steps
- Serious runners should calibrate it to their stride.
- To begin with, King was a preacher who spoke in biblical cadences ideally suited to leading a stride toward freedom that found its inspiration in the Old Testament story of the .
- What determines how fast people go is their stride length a function of how long the legs are, how powerfully they push off into a stride and how far forward the body jumps .