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make great strides



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Idioms and Phrases

Advance considerably, make good progress, as in He made great strides in his study of Latin . Since its earliest recorded use in 1600, this expression has taken a number of forms— make a wide stride, take strides, make rapid strides . All of them transfer a long walking step to other kinds of progress.
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Example Sentences

Mastered by this powerful spirit, Lena actually did make great strides in the next few days.

They walked at a good pace for an hour and a half, and had to make great strides to keep up with the giant Thalcave.

Do you not make great strides along the Path, as may be known by your pious conversation?

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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