straddle the fence

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straddle the fence definition


  1. tv.
    to support both sides of an issue. : The mayor is straddling the fence on this issue, hoping the public will forget it.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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straddle the fence

see on the fence.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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