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get into one's stride en · VERB
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(UK, idiomatic) To become familiar with something
In the meantime, alongside the multiple-unit express trains the new freight diesels, and the 2,500-h.p. electric locomotives, are getting into their respective strides.
1959 October 14, O. S. Nock, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 724:As the passenger franchises got into their stride, remarkable levels of growth were recorded.
2024 January 10, 'Industry Insider', “Success built on liberalisation and market freedom”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 69:Tottenham were slow to get into their stride in a first 45 minutes characterised by Arsenal's defensive discipline - but once they moved through the gears the Gunners simply could not live with them.
2018 February 10, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 0 Arsenal”, in BBC:
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hit one's stride