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 see you are growing weary, so I will not detain you with any more of my luckless attempts to get astride of Pegasus.
From Tales of a Traveller by Irving, Washington
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
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)
Once we had reached the far side we set out to pick our way round Kirkuk to get astride the road leading thence to Altun Kupri.
From War in the Garden of Eden by Roosevelt, Kermit
