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Definition of bestride verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

bestride

verb

NAmE//bɪˈstraɪd//

bestride something (literary)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they bestride

he / she / it bestrides

past simple bestrode

-ing form bestriding

to sit with one leg on either side of something He bestrode his horse.

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