• e-ratic
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      stretch (verb)

      to make your body or your arms and legs straight so that they are as long as possible, in order to exercise the joints (= place where two bones are connected) after you have been in the same place or position for a long time
      “ooh big stretch”, they said while looking at the cat who just woke up.

      stretch (idiom)

      to make a claim that is not completely true, or to do something that goes further than what is considered to be reasonable
      “not sure about what your point is there, I think it’s a stretch”, they said unconvinced.

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          211 months ago

          idiom: a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).