"hit one's stride" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits one's stride",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting one's stride",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit one's stride",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit one's stride",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,,hit> one's stride"
      },
      "expansion": "hit one's stride (third-person singular simple present hits one's stride, present participle hitting one's stride, simple past and past participle hit one's stride)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I usually start running slowly for a warm-up and then hit my stride a few minutes into the run.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "when walking or running, to reach a full or comfortable pace"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "walking",
          "walking"
        ],
        [
          "running",
          "running"
        ],
        [
          "full",
          "full"
        ],
        [
          "comfortable",
          "comfortable"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They had a baby just as she was hitting her stride professionally.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985 April 27, Sue Hyde, “Formal Dining Pleasure”, in Gay Community News, page 8",
          "text": "The owners and staff of the Painted Lady at 186 Commercial Street are hitting their stride as they enter their first full season, following a late start in July, 1984.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reach a full level of efficiency, competence, comfort, etc.; to get going"
      ],
      "id": "en-hit_one's_stride-en-verb-aYbZNtPa",
      "links": [
        [
          "efficiency",
          "efficiency"
        ],
        [
          "competence",
          "competence"
        ],
        [
          "comfort",
          "comfort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to reach a full level of efficiency, competence, comfort, etc.; to get going"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit one's stride"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits one's stride",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting one's stride",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit one's stride",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit one's stride",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,,hit> one's stride"
      },
      "expansion": "hit one's stride (third-person singular simple present hits one's stride, present participle hitting one's stride, simple past and past participle hit one's stride)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I usually start running slowly for a warm-up and then hit my stride a few minutes into the run.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "when walking or running, to reach a full or comfortable pace"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "walking",
          "walking"
        ],
        [
          "running",
          "running"
        ],
        [
          "full",
          "full"
        ],
        [
          "comfortable",
          "comfortable"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "They had a baby just as she was hitting her stride professionally.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1985 April 27, Sue Hyde, “Formal Dining Pleasure”, in Gay Community News, page 8",
          "text": "The owners and staff of the Painted Lady at 186 Commercial Street are hitting their stride as they enter their first full season, following a late start in July, 1984.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reach a full level of efficiency, competence, comfort, etc.; to get going"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "efficiency",
          "efficiency"
        ],
        [
          "competence",
          "competence"
        ],
        [
          "comfort",
          "comfort"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) to reach a full level of efficiency, competence, comfort, etc.; to get going"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit one's stride"
}