stretch
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- noun
- /strɛtʃ/
- Informal
:
exageración
- It's a bit of a stretch to think that he could win the tournament without any practice.
- a stretch of the imagination
- a stretch to say
So that's quite a fucking stretch to to put.
- So that's quite a fucking stretch to to put.
- No, it's not a stretch I've not seen.
- It's a little bit of a stretch, but yeah, there's a lot of reason.
- It's not a big stretch to say we can have junk light.
- So it isn't, it isn't that much of A stretch.
- I know this sounds like a stretch but I'm not lying to you.
- So, but sometimes that authenticity might be more of a stretch versus less of a stretch, right?
Examples
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However, because the focus of this study was so small, it is a stretch to link this study to the general population.
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We think that's a real stretch on the part of the government.
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I think that would be a stretch, but it feels weird.
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OK, so it is a stretch to call the Southern Cross across.
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Yeah, it's a stretch, but I just love the idea.
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This is a stretch, even for you.
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That seems like a stretch for me to see the Fed doing that.
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It's not a big stretch to say we can have junk light.
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So it wasn't free by any stretch of the imagination.
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"For Boeing, that's a big stretch, but it's part of this grand experiment."
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
A statement that says something is better than it really is
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Etymology
Stretch comes from the old English streccan meaning 'to pull long'. If you 'pull' a story or idea too far it becomes hard to believe, so an unlikely claim is called 'a stretch'.