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stretch

1. n. a period of time. (Folksy.) Let’s talk here for a stretch and then go up and see if dinner’s ready.

2. n. a prison term. I was away for a stretch of about seven years.

3. in. to hang (as with a death sentence). You will stretch for this, Lefty!

4. tv. to cut or dilute a drug. Let’s stretch this stuff, sell it, and then blow town.

5. n. a nickname for a tall person, usually male. (Usually Stretch.) Well, stretch, think you’ll go out for basketball this season?

See:

• a bit of a stretch
• at a stretch
• at full stretch
• bend the rules
• by any stretch
• by any stretch of the imagination
• by no stretch
• by no stretch of the imagination
• in the home stretch
• in the stretch
• not by any stretch
• stretch
• stretch (one's) legs according to the coverlet
• stretch a point
• stretch away
• stretch away to
• stretch forth
• stretch legs
• stretch money
• stretch one’s legs
• stretch one's legs
• stretch out
• stretch out to
• stretch the rules
• stretch the truth
• stretch your arm no further than your sleeve will reach
• the home stretch