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voor en achter een doel schieten — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • straddle verb To sit or stand with one leg on each side of something.

Senses

voor en achter een doel schieten is used for these senses in English:

  • straddle (military) To fire successive artillery shots in front of and behind of a target, especially in order to determine its range (the term "bracket" is often used instead).

straddle — full definition

  1. verb To sit or stand with one leg on each side of something.
  2. verb To span or extend across both sides of something, or to hold a position between two options without committing fully to either.
  3. noun An options-trading strategy that bets on a security moving sharply in either direction.
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