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   bestride

   /bɪˈstrʌɪd/

   verb

   • 1. stand astride over; straddle: "he bestrode me, defending my prone body" Similar straddlebestraddlesit/stand astridemountget onget astridehop on toextend acrossstraddlelie on both sides ofspanbridge
   • ▪ sit astride on: "he bestrode his horse with the easy grace of a born horseman"
   • 2. dominate: "he bestrides Alberta politics today" Similar dominatetower overbe the most important person in

   Word Origin Old Englishbestrīdan (see be-, stride).

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • I

     1

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

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