take in stride

take something in your stride (British, American & Australian, American)

to calmly and easily deal with something unpleasant or difficult and not let it affect what you are doing. There's a lot of pressure at work but she seems to take it all in her stride. A certain amount of criticism comes with the job and you have to learn to take it in stride.

See also: stride, take

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take something in (your) stride

to calmly deal with something unpleasant and not let it have a bad effect on you. There's plenty of work to do, but she seems to take it all in her stride. Cooper has learned to take such criticism in stride.

See also: stride, take