Collocations for "stretching"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stretching" in context.
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stretch
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- stretch and yawn
- stretch [before, after] exercising
- stretched to [reach, grab, take]
- stretch from [one side] to [the other]
- stretch across the [room, road]
- the [opinion, theory, implication] stretches across (many)
- stretch under the [weight, force] of
- stretch from [Alaska] to [California]
- stretches back [hundreds of years]
- stretching along the [coast, horizon, border]
- stretch your legs
- stretched (out) his back
- stretch out a [shirt, pair of pants]
- stretch a [rope, rubber, elastic band]
- stretched her neck to [see, glance, peer]
- stretch (it) [10 inches]
- stretch your [imagination, luck]
- stretches [credulity, belief]
- stretch the limits
- stretch yourself to [achieve, gain, improve]
- stretched herself out on the [bed, sofa, rug]
- a [body, back, leg] stretch
- [a full, an upper, a lower] [body] stretch
- [get, stand] up and have a stretch
- had a [good, big, long] stretch
- [suffer, feel] a muscle stretch
- the [jeans, pants] have lost their stretch
- [paying the rent, finishing the homework] was a stretch
- would be a stretch to [say, think, do]
- is a stretch, to say the least
- by no stretch of the imagination
- not by a long stretch (of the imagination)
- the [home, final, last] stretch
- a [five, 20] -year stretch (in prison)
- [did, served] a [10]-year stretch
- a [10-year] stretch for [fraud, armed robbery]
- a [long, short, dangerous, deserted] stretch of [road, highway]
- a stretch of the [neck, wrist, hand]
- rode in a stretch [limo, limousine]
- stretch [fabric, cotton, pants, denim, jeans]
- has (lots of) stretch marks
'stretching' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):