get astride
Example Sentences
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Advancing rapidly, they entered the capital's suburbs, prepared to cross the Han River and get astride the communications to the south and the rear of the enemy's army around the Pusan perimeter.
From Time Magazine Archive
I made shift to get astride the horse, to prick the poor beast with the point of sword, and so to break away in some brief dash beneath the oaks.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
In the first place they may come in useful to us yet, and even if we never get astride of them again they may come in mighty handy for food.
From In the Heart of the Rockies by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
By reaching up, and summoning the remnant of her strength, she was able to clasp it, to put a foot over, to get astride.
From The Plow-Woman by Gates, Eleanor
Brought my heart into my mouth to see the big devil raging, and I began to yearn to get astride him and to—well, just fight to see which of us would come out on top.
From Trailin'! by Brand, Max
