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Also, straddle the fence . Be undecided, not committed, as in I don't know if I'll move there; I'm still on the fence , or He's straddling the fence about the merger . This picturesque expression, with its implication that one can jump to either side, at first was applied mainly to political commitments. [Early 1800s]Advertisement
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