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
Almost as soon the two officers get astride, Roblez on his own charger, the mustang mare being left to Uraga.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
The eldest son said, ‘Pappy, if you get astride the dog, and look the way he’s looking, you can see what he sees.’
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration
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
I've little enough gratitude and quite enough scheming to get astride of your shoulders.
From Modeste Mignon by Balzac, Honoré de
