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What does bestride mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word bestride? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To be astride something, to stand over or sit on with legs on either side, especially to sit on a horse.
  2. (figuratively) To dominate.
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Dapple had to lay down on all fours before the lads could bestride him.
When the chips and the toilet seats are down, alpha males still bestride the political stage.
That proportion does not necessarily include all the oligarchs, who may in any case not be as important as the corporate bureaucracies they bestride.
After the death of his master no one was permitted to bestride that good horse.
The color had left his face, and ages seemed to bestride his bent shoulders.
These lads are as lithe and lean as the ponies they bestride.

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