English

Verb

break stride

1. To cease walking or running at the same gait, especially with result of interrupting one's forward momentum.
   • 2011 January 22, Ian Hughes, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Wigan”, in BBC:

     When the second goal came, it was a belter - Fabregas launching an inch-perfect ball over the top for Van Persie to volley in without breaking stride.