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	Pronounced	Usage
Valerian	və-LIR-ee-ən (English)	History, Russian, Ukrainian, Georgian, Romanian
Homer	['həumə]
DÎYar	-	Kurdish
Climacus	-	Late Roman
Basil	['bæzl]
Jurou	joo:-ṙo:	Japanese