Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To stride over, across, or farther than.
- intransitive verb To sit or stand astride.
- intransitive verb To stride faster than or beyond, as in a competition.
- intransitive verb To go beyond; surpass.
- intransitive verb To run with an overly long stride for one's leg length.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To step or stride beyond.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To stride over or beyond.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive to
run orwalk with an overlylong stride - verb transitive to stride (or to
stand )over something - verb transitive to
excel orsurpass
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Examples
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I see many runners overstride and then straighten their knees when they land.
ChiRunning Danny Dreyer 2009
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Lifting your knees, as we have mentioned, is not only inefficient, it can cause you to overstride.
ChiRunning Danny Dreyer 2009
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These haughty barons who overstride the world, what are they in the day of adversity?
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Expecting to have to moderate their pace so as not to overstride their diminutive hosts, the travelers found themselves having to hurry to keep up, so swift were the Swick's feathered earthbound mounts.
Carnivores of Light and Darkness Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000
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These haughty barons who overstride the world, what are they in the day of adversity?
The Fair Maid of Perth St. Valentine's Day Walter Scott 1801
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Your legs overstride, your arms splay like a sprinkler, and you likely end up injured (or at least frustrated because you never get faster).
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Don't have them reach and overstride to increase stride length, but rather have them push against the ground and let the foot land underneath the center of gravity.
CrossFit Corona 2010
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Now, our opposites do far overmatch us and overstride us in contention; for, 1.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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A lot of guys were tending to overstride a little bit, which has a tendency to put some strain on the hamstring.
Chronicle-Telegram 2009
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A lot of guys were tending to overstride a little bit, which has a tendency to put some strain on the hamstring.
Chronicle-Telegram 2009
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