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

“So Day One, you take in stride and take it slow, too. Not try to get too crazy.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2020

At Valentine, Flippen said, the boys have learned that some comments - which other boys might take in stride - aren’t appropriate around the girls.

From Washington Times • Feb. 6, 2015

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

Bob Dylan will turn 70 next Tuesday — unless of course Judgment Day arrives in the meantime, an eventuality that Mr. Dylan might well take in stride.

From New York Times • May 17, 2011