stretch

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noun

/stretʃ/

singular	stretch
plural	stretches

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1
[countable] a movement or exercise in which you make a part of your body as straight as possible so that your muscles become long and tight
First, let's do some warm-up stretches.
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2
[uncountable] the ability of a material or piece of clothing to become wider or longer when you pull it, and return to its original shape and size when you stop pulling it
a fabric that will keep its stretch indefinitely
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3
[countable] a continuous period of time
stretch of:
You can't learn it all in such a short stretch of time.
at a stretch (=continuously):
He'll surf the Internet for anything up to six hours at a stretch.
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1. a.
  [usually singular] informal a period of time spent in prison
  do a stretch (for something):
  He's doing a 15-year stretch in Pentonville for armed robbery.
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4
[countable] an area of land or water
stretch of:
The village lay across a narrow stretch of water.
a deserted stretch of road
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1. a.
  [usually singular] the straight last part of the track in a race
  the final/finishing/home stretch:
  The horses entered the final stretch shoulder to shoulder.
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phrases

at full stretch
British
1. 1
  used for describing a position in which your body or a part of your body is stretching as much as it can
  a swerving shot that had the England goalkeeper at full stretch
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2. 2
  using all the money, supplies, or energy available
  Mountain rescue services are at full stretch.
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not by any/by no stretch of the imagination
used for saying that you think something cannot be true or possible no matter how hard you try to imagine it
It's not a great work of cinema by any stretch of the imagination.
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