take it in stride
to deal calmly with a problem
TRANSLATION
take something in stride = locker mit etwas umgehen, mit etwas gut fertig werden --- GOOGLE INDEX take it in stride: approximately 2,500,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
At 109, woman TAKES life IN STRIDE
(www.newsleader.com)
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Ms. Yellen is clearly moving the Federal Reserve gently toward a tighter money policy, and she and the rest of the Federal Open Market Committee must be pleased that Wall Street TOOK IT IN STRIDE.
(www.politico.com)
(www.newsleader.com)
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Ms. Yellen is clearly moving the Federal Reserve gently toward a tighter money policy, and she and the rest of the Federal Open Market Committee must be pleased that Wall Street TOOK IT IN STRIDE.
(www.politico.com)
Did you
know?
take it in stride
idiom
- to calmly deal with something unpleasant and not let it have a bad effect on you
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Stride is from the Old English stride (noun) "a single long step," and the verb strīdan, "stand or walk with the legs wide apart." It probably stems from a Germanic base meaning to strive or quarrel, and is related to the Dutch strijden (fight) and German streiten (quarrel).
The expression "take it in stride" derives from the idea of not letting a problem interrupt your stride (long steps taken while walking). In other words, to accept things for what they are and keep on walking. Another common expression is break (your) stride, which is to be prevented from continuing what you are doing (He answered the reporter's questions without breaking stride).
You might also hear "make great strides," which means to make progress (We're making great strides on the project) or (match someone) stride for stride, which refers to being just as fast, strong, skilled etc as someone else, even if they keep making it harder for you (The two providers started a price war, matching each other stride for stride).
Finally, there is the phrase "put somebody off their stride," which is also expressed as knock, throw or keep someone off their stride. This expression means to make someone unable to do something effectively by not allowing them to give all their attention to it (He put the reporters off their stride with his answers to their questions).
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SYNONYMS
accept it, deal with it, shrug it off, let it roll of your back, don't' worry about it, forget about it
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Sometimes we just have to take these everyday problems in stride."
idiom
- to calmly deal with something unpleasant and not let it have a bad effect on you
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Stride is from the Old English stride (noun) "a single long step," and the verb strīdan, "stand or walk with the legs wide apart." It probably stems from a Germanic base meaning to strive or quarrel, and is related to the Dutch strijden (fight) and German streiten (quarrel).
The expression "take it in stride" derives from the idea of not letting a problem interrupt your stride (long steps taken while walking). In other words, to accept things for what they are and keep on walking. Another common expression is break (your) stride, which is to be prevented from continuing what you are doing (He answered the reporter's questions without breaking stride).
You might also hear "make great strides," which means to make progress (We're making great strides on the project) or (match someone) stride for stride, which refers to being just as fast, strong, skilled etc as someone else, even if they keep making it harder for you (The two providers started a price war, matching each other stride for stride).
Finally, there is the phrase "put somebody off their stride," which is also expressed as knock, throw or keep someone off their stride. This expression means to make someone unable to do something effectively by not allowing them to give all their attention to it (He put the reporters off their stride with his answers to their questions).
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SYNONYMS
accept it, deal with it, shrug it off, let it roll of your back, don't' worry about it, forget about it
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Sometimes we just have to take these everyday problems in stride."
