break stride
English
Verb
break
stride
To cease walking or running at the same
gait
, especially with the result of interrupting one's forward
momentum
.
2011
January 22,
Ian Hughes,
“Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan”, in
BBC
:
When the second goal came, it was a belter - Fabregas launching an inch-perfect ball over the top for Van Persie to volley in without
breaking stride
.
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