stretch
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Sense: Verb: extend or tauten
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lengthen, elongate, extend Collocations, pull Collocations, straighten out, draw out, widen Collocations, make sth taut, tauten
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cut Collocations, cut off, let go, reduce Collocations, shorten, contort, abbreviate, draw in, detract, narrow Collocations, cut down, wind Collocations
Sense: Verb: become longer
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contract Collocations, shrink Collocations, wane Collocations, relax Collocations, slacken, shrivel, diminish Collocations, wither Collocations, wrinkle Collocations, dwindle Collocations
Sense: Verb: occupy space
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extend Collocations, range Collocations, spread Collocations, occupy Collocations, reach Collocations, expand Collocations, cover Collocations, go on
Sense: Verb: exaggerate
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exaggerate, stretch the limits of, embellish, hyperbolize, hyperbolise , string out, overdo, take sth to the extreme
Sense: Verb: test to extremes
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try Collocations, test Collocations, strain Collocations, tax Collocations, push Collocations, push the limits of, stretch the limits of, put demands on, put a strain on, push sth/sb too far
Sense: Verb: last
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Sense: Verb: afford - followed by 'to', informal
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Sense: Noun: expanse
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expanse, distance Collocations, length Collocations, spread Collocations, span Collocations, breadth, space Collocations, section Collocations, part Collocations
Sense: Noun: exaggeration - informal
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exaggeration, hyperbole, overstatement, bit of a stretch , bit much
Sense: Noun: period of time
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