stretch out
verb- To lie fully extended. · My cat likes stretching out in front of the fire.
- To extend (something) fully, in space, time or use. · You have to stretch your presentation out another two minutes.· Please don't stretch out your sweater by pulling it on and off carelessly.
From the library
“By no means, my dear duke; but just stretch out your hand.”
When I left Queen’s my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road.
My ramifications stretch out into many sections of society, but never, I am happy to say, into amateur sport, which is the best and soundest thing in England.
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