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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take in stride

This is something that Conlon seems to take in stride.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

Japanese investors appeared to take in stride the choice of former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to head the ruling Liberal Democrats and thus become the next prime minister.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2021

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

“We’ll take in stride and see how it goes.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2016

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

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