What does "he'd just stride all over them" mean?

[Anchela]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #209 "What Comes Next? (3)", question 7

Nobody ever got in his way ..........

(a) he'd just stride all over them
(b) he'd just stroll all over them
(c) he'd just hop all over them
(d) he'd just walk all over them

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #209 "What Comes Next? (3)", answer 7

Nobody ever got in his way he'd just walk all over them.

Correct answer: (d) he'd just walk all over them

Your answer was: incorrect
Nobody ever got in his way he'd just stride all over them.
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What does "he'd just stride all over them" mean?

Thank you in advance.
Anchela

[Mister Micawber]

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It means that he would 'walk strongly and decisively' all over them-- which means that he would easily dominate the interaction.
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[Tom]

[Mister Micawber]

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It needs a semicolon after 'way', but 'he'd' is OK; it means 'he would'.
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[Yankee]

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I wonder whether this run-on sentence will ever be fixed. :wink:
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[Nga Tran]

Hi Teachers,
Referring to the English Language Tests, Intermediate level, ESL/EFL Test #209 "What Comes Next? (3)", question 7
Nobody ever got in his way ..........

(a) he'd just stride all over them
(b) he'd just stroll all over them
(c) he'd just hop all over them
(d) he'd just walk all over them

> Nobody ever got in his way he'd just walk all over them.

Do you think it would be clearer if we put the sentence this way:

'If anyone ever got in his way, he'd just walk all over them', or
'Nobody ever got in (ever dared to get in) his way, because they all knew he would walk all over them' ?

Thank you for your explanation!

[Mister Micawber]

First, let me make it clear that the original sentence should read in one of these ways:

Nobody ever got in his way; he'd just walk all over them.
Nobody ever got in his way: he'd just walk all over them.
Nobody ever got in his way. He'd just walk all over them.

Now, regarding your suggestions:

If anyone ever got in his way, he'd just walk all over them.
Nobody ever got in (ever dared to get in) his way, because they all knew he would walk all over them.

While these cover the same subject, they do not say quite the same thing. The original is a simple statement of two facts; your two sentences link the two facts more explicitly than in the original.
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[Saneta]

he'd just walk all over them?-please explain

thanks

[Mister Micawber]

He would dominate them; he would easily exercise his will over theirs.
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