bestride
verb (used with object)
to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
have been bestriding
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present perfect progressiveof bestride.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps, had Sir Harry Lingen, or any of his officers, known it as well, a common trooper would not have been bestriding it.
From No Quarter! by Mayne Reid
