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

Winston and his team wanted to replace “We were born to ride” with “We will take in stride” — “which is very poignant,” Griffin said.

From Los Angeles Times

“And so I think for me…Coming up short in a presidential campaign or not winning that second term of administration, all of those things are much easier to take in stride.”

From Washington Times

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

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

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

From Seattle Times