straddling

  • 81straddle — [strad′ l] vt. straddled, straddling [freq. of STRIDE] 1. to place oneself with a leg on either side of; stand or sit astride of 2. to spread (the legs) wide apart ☆ 3. to take or appear to take both sides of (an issue); avoid committing oneself… …

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  • 82strad´dling|ly — strad|dle «STRAD uhl», verb, dled, dling, noun. –v.i. 1. to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart: »to straddle over a fence watching cars go by. 2. (of the legs) to stand wide apart. 3. Informal, Figurative. to avoid taking sides; attempt …

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  • 83strad´dler — strad|dle «STRAD uhl», verb, dled, dling, noun. –v.i. 1. to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart: »to straddle over a fence watching cars go by. 2. (of the legs) to stand wide apart. 3. Informal, Figurative. to avoid taking sides; attempt …

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  • 84strad|dle — «STRAD uhl», verb, dled, dling, noun. –v.i. 1. to walk, stand, or sit with the legs wide apart: »to straddle over a fence watching cars go by. 2. (of the legs) to stand wide apart. 3. Informal, Figurative. to avoid taking sides; attempt to favor… …

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  • 85sit on the fence — See: ON THE FENCE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 86sit on the fence — See: ON THE FENCE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 87Astraddle — A*strad dle, adv. [Pref. a + straddle.] In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 88Divaricate — Di*var i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Divaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Divaricating}.] [L. divaricatus, p. p. of divaricare to stretch apart; di = dis + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched outwards.] 1. To part into two… …

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  • 89Divaricated — Divaricate Di*var i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Divaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Divaricating}.] [L. divaricatus, p. p. of divaricare to stretch apart; di = dis + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched outwards.] 1. To… …

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  • 90Divaricating — Divaricate Di*var i*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Divaricated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Divaricating}.] [L. divaricatus, p. p. of divaricare to stretch apart; di = dis + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched outwards.] 1. To… …

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