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To excel or surpass; Also: To take a long step across or beyond.

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  • He'll do anything to overstride his competitors.
  • I see many runners overstride and then straighten their knees when they land.
  • Lifting your knees, as we have mentioned, is not only inefficient, it can cause you to overstride.
  • Expecting to have to moderate their pace so as not to overstride their diminutive hosts, the travelers found themselves having to hurry to keep up, so swift were the...
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