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.
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 ).
stretch (verb)
stretch (idiom)
I feel so dumb rn, thank you.
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 ).