"take something in one's stride" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take something in one's stride.ogg Forms: takes something in one's stride [present, singular, third-person], taking something in one's stride [participle, present], took something in one's stride [past], taken something in one's stride [participle, past], take something in stride [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> something in one's stride}} take something in one's stride (third-person singular simple present takes something in one's stride, present participle taking something in one's stride, simple past took something in one's stride, past participle taken something in one's stride)
  1. (idiomatic, UK) Not to allow oneself to be set back, daunted, upset or embarrassed by unpleasant or undesirable circumstances. Tags: UK, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-take_something_in_one's_stride-en-verb-is3QqGpM Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        ],
        [
          "embarrassed",
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        ],
        [
          "undesirable",
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        "Not to allow oneself to be set back, daunted, upset or embarrassed by unpleasant or undesirable circumstances."
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          "daunt",
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        ],
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