get into one's stride

verb

To become familiar with something

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Meanings

verbget into one's stride (third-person singular simple present gets into one's stride, present participle getting into one's stride, simple past and past participle got into one's stride)

present singular third person gets into one's stride · participle present getting into one's stride · participle past got into one's stride · past got into one's stride

  1. UKidiomaticTo become familiar with something

    As the passenger franchises got into their stride, remarkable levels of growth were recorded.

    2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69
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    In the meantime, alongside the multiple-unit express trains the new freight diesels, and the 2,500-h.p. electric locomotives, are getting into their respective strides.

    1959 October 28, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 724

    Tottenham were slow to get into their stride in a first 45 minutes characterised by Arsenal's defensive discipline - but once they moved through the gears the Gunners simply could not live with them.

    2018 February 10, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 Arsenal”, in BBC
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APA

get into one's stride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20into%20one's%20stride

MLA

“get into one's stride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20into%20one's%20stride. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get into one's stride,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20into%20one's%20stride.

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