take sth in your stride
UK (US take sth in stride)Definition
› to deal with a problem or difficulty calmly and not to allow it to influence what you are doing: When you become a politician, you soon learn to take criticism in your stride.Coping and not copingDealing with things or peopleTolerating and enduring
(Definition of take sth in your stride from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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take sth in phrasal verb (CLOTHES)
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take sth in phrasal verb (INCLUDE)
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take sth in phrasal verb (UNDERSTAND)
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take sth in phrasal verb (WATCH)
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take sth in phrasal verb (WORK)
- take sth in your stride idiom
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take sth into account idiom
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take sth off phrasal verb (NOT WORK)
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take sth off phrasal verb (REMOVE)
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take sth on board idiom
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take sth on phrasal verb
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SMART Thesaurus
Synonyms and related words:
- balancing act noun
- be left holding the baby idiom
- bear up phrasal verb
- bite off more than you can chew idiom
- buckle verb (BE DEFEATED)
- fare verb
- get on top of you idiom
- grasp the nettle idiom
- if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen idiom
- juggle verb (MANAGE)
- keep body and soul together idiom
- make ends meet idiom
- manage verb (SUCCEED)
- meltdown noun (FAILURE)
- muddle through phrasal verb
- pull (sb) through (sth) phrasal verb
- ride (out) the storm idiom
- rise above sth phrasal verb
- roll with the punches idiom
- scrape verb (SUCCEED)
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