n.
1.a noncommittal or equivocal position
2.a gymnastic exercise performed with the legs straddling the parallel bars
3.the act of sitting or standing astride
4.the option to buy or sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date straddle v.
1.sit or stand astride of
2.range or extend over
3.be noncommittal
Idiom of the Day
lose ground
to go backward, to become weaker, to not improve
The government has been losing ground in the fight against inflation.