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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a stride off" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a distance that is not far, often in a physical or metaphorical sense.
Example: "The store is just a stride off from where we are standing."
Alternatives: "a short distance away" or "a step away".
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And as he looked up, he saw goalkeeper Vyacheslav Malafeev take a stride off his line.
Simenon gave chase but was always half a stride off the Queen's colours.
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Coaxing some blues from his piano under dim nightclub lights, wearing striped pajamas, E hardly resembled Gordon McRae about to stride off into a cornfield.
Grab binoculars for guillemots, stride off for the mountains or shore, return to grill supper on the barbecue.
Taking all that in stride, off to the gym I went, this week, Feb. 5, 2013.
I wanna say Portugal?" and then Palestine looks crushed and we stride off, grinning wildly and sassily snapping our fingers.
Then the end – or as Martin Bell put it in a poem: "Rimbaud striding off to Africa" – to die in his 30s as a trader, never writing another poem.
When I look at you, I see not a dignified soul striding off to attend to one's media requirements but a helpless young babe in the wood, rucksack on your back, skipping straight into the mouth of the lion.
A tall man in Hunter wellies looks a talkative fellow but he strides off with a bag of salad without a word.
Their opponents gave their ball a drink and strode off, the eagle conceded.
Recently, a salesclerk named Massimo strode off with his lunch after a police officer sharply blew her whistle until he stopped eating a sandwich on the Spanish Steps.
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