To sit or stand with one leg on either side of
“Place the appropriate amount of weight on the bar and straddle it with your feet just a little wider than hip-distance apart.”
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.”
To be equivocal, non-committal, or undecided about something
“Does he sometimes straddle difficult issues in an effort to please multiple constituencies?”
To have a commanding position over
To linger behind or wander from a main line or part
To extend one's arms, legs and body out while lying down
To make (a difference between two groups) smaller or less significant
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