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strain a point
strain a point
To expand something beyond its normal limits or interpretation; to treat something flexibly. The principal will strain a point for any student she actually likes, but me? I get detention whenever I do the slightest thing wrong!
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Malik (2) | | - | Native American, Greenlandic |
Tore (1) | | - | Swedish, Norwegian, Danish |
Hadewig | | - | Ancient Germanic |
Evan | | ['evɚn] | |
FrØYa | | - | Norwegian |
Eliseo | | e-lee-ZE-o (Italian), e-lee-SE-o (Spanish) | Italian, Spanish |