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straddleverb to be in or move into a seated or standing position with your legs on either side of (something)She straddled the horse and waited for her riding partner to mount. bestridelounge, slouch, sprawl, squatperchset(chiefly dialect)sit arise, get up, rise, stand to be on both sides of (something)The town straddles the river. The movie straddles the line between comedy and drama. spanlap, overlap, overlay, overlie, overspreadbisect, cut, intersectcrisscross, decussateexpand, extend, fan (out), flare (out), open, outspread, outstretch, spread (out), stretch (out), unfold, unfurlcarry, comprehend, contain, embrace, entail, include, involve, number, subsume, take incomprise, consist (of)brackethave, hold, own, possessadmit, receivecompose, constitute, form, makeassimilate, embody, incorporate, integrate compact, compress, condense, reduceclose, contract, foldban, bar, debar, preclude, prevent, prohibitdeny, refuse, rejecteliminate, except, rule outlose, mislay, misplaceexclude, leave (out), miss out(British), omit to agree with or seem to agree with two opposite sides of (something)The politician straddled the issue for weeks. flip-flop, yo-yododge, duck, elude, eschew, evade, shake, shirk, shun, sidestep, skirtbypass, circumventcavil, quibbleequivocate, fudge, hedge, pussyfoot, tergiversate, waffle, weasel in 1565 |