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

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

The Eleventh, under General Erdelli, was to act along an 11-mile front from a point north-west of Tarnopol, and to get astride the railway which leads from Tarnopol through Zloczow to Lemberg.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various

He then gave Mark a stick, saying, "When you have found the plant of life, and want to go home, get astride of this stick; but now get on my back."

From The Two Story Mittens and the Little Play Mittens Being the Fourth Book of the Series by Fanny, Aunt

How Helen longed to put on her riding clothes and get astride a lively mount and gallop up the park-way!

From The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City by Marlowe, Amy Bell