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overstride

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o⋅ver⋅stride

  [oh-ver-strahyd]
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–verb (used with object), -strode, -strid⋅den, -strid⋅ing.
1. to surpass: to overstride one's competitors.
2. to stand or sit astride of; bestride: a great statue overstriding the entrance; to overstride a horse.
3. to tower over; dominate: He overstrides the committee with loud aggressiveness.
4. to stride or step over or across: At its narrowest point, one can easily overstride the stream.
5. to stride more rapidly than or beyond: a downward path where she easily overstrode her companion.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME; see over-, stride
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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o·ver·stride   (ō'vər-strīd')   
v.   o·ver·strode (-strōd'), o·ver·strid·den (-strĭd'n), o·ver·strid·ing, o·ver·strides

v.   tr.

  1. To stride over, across, or farther than: overstride a stream.

  2. To sit or stand astride.

  3. To stride faster than or beyond, as in a competition.

  4. To go beyond; surpass.

v.   intr.
To run with an overly long stride for one's leg length.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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