take in stride

Idioms  

1. Accept something as a matter of course, not allow something to interrupt or disturb one's routine. For example, There were bound to be setbacks but Jack took them in stride. This idiom alludes to a horse clearing an obstacle without checking its stride. [c. 1900]

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Example Sentences

People living now in Putin’s old apartment complex take in stride the historic connection to a onetime nest of spies, and the notoriety that was to accrue to the onetime tenant.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023

In places where blustering winds and blankets of snow are expected, some said the storm was indeed serious but something they could take in stride.

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2022

Markets seemed to take in stride comments by President Joe Biden about the status of the lingering tariff war with Beijing.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2022

It’s the kind of thing she’s learning to take in stride, just the latest sign of the strange and surreal summer the Oklahoma City girl has experienced.

From Washington Times • Aug. 20, 2017

But once I settled into the film’s idiosyncratic rhythm, it struck me that these are, to some extent, the kinds of questions that the VOD experience helps viewers to take in stride.

From Slate • Aug. 8, 2014