v. 25B6; verb
she straddled the motorbike : SIT/STAND ASTRIDE, bestride, mount, get on.
a mountain range straddling the border : LIE ON BOTH SIDES OF, extend across, span.
(N. Amer.) he straddled the issue of taxes : BE EQUIVOCAL ABOUT, be undecided about, equivocate about, vacillate about, waver about; informal sit on the fence.