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overstride
[ oh-ver-strahyd ]
verb (used with object)
, o·ver·strode, o·ver·strid·den, o·ver·strid·ing.
- to surpass:
to overstride one's competitors.
- to stand or sit astride of; bestride:
a great statue overstriding the entrance; to overstride a horse.
- to tower over; dominate:
He overstrides the committee with loud aggressiveness.
- to stride or step over or across:
At its narrowest point, one can easily overstride the stream.
- to stride more rapidly than or beyond:
a downward path where she easily overstrode her companion.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of overstride1
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Example Sentences
These haughty barons who overstride the world, what are they in the day of adversity?
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