To have mounted someone or something
“Place the appropriate amount of weight on the bar and straddle it with your feet just a little wider than hip-distance apart.”
Past tense for to extend across or be situated on both sides of
“By examining the conventions of published private letters, he shows how they straddle the border between fiction and reality.”
Past tense for to be equivocal, non-committal, or undecided about something
“Does he sometimes straddle difficult issues in an effort to please multiple constituencies?”
Past tense for to have a commanding position over
Past tense for to linger behind or wander from a main line or part
Past tense for to extend one's arms, legs and body out while lying down
Past tense for to make (a difference between two groups) smaller or less significant
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