Definition of "strode" []

• Past tense of stride. (verb)

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• "Humming the Michelob jingle, Macklin strode to the rear of the car, squatted, and pulled a folded sticker from his back pocket."
• "Without exchanging another word, the two men strode from the hut and walked away from the village."
• "With that the woman strode from the room, her little band of soldiers following her out the door, which shut with a resounding thud."