break one's stride

A form of break stride — To cease walking or running at the same gait, especially with the result of interrupting one's forward momentum.

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Meanings

verbbreak one's stride (third-person singular simple present breaks one's stride, present participle breaking one's stride, simple past broke one's stride, past participle broken one's stride)

present singular third person breaks one's stride · participle present breaking one's stride · past broke one's stride · participle past broken one's stride

  1. alternativeAlternative form of break stride.

    Kane had a turbulent summer, unsettled at Spurs as speculation of a move to Manchester City accompanied his every move, but he is back in the old routine for England without barely breaking his stride.

    2021 September 8, Phil McNulty, “Poland 1-1 England”, in BBC Sport
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APA

break one's stride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break%20one's%20stride

MLA

“break one's stride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break%20one's%20stride. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “break one's stride,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/break%20one's%20stride.

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