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| be·stride [ bi strd ] (past be·strode [ bi strṓd ], past participle be·strid·den [ bi strídd'n ], present participle be·strid·ing, 3rd person present singular be·strides) |
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stand across something: to sit or stand with one foot on or towards each side of something
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formal or literary
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 He bestrode the courtroom entranceway, holding forth on the merits of the case to the assembled press.
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