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stretch a point
stretch a point
and stretch the pointFig. to interpret a point flexibly and with great latitude. Would it be stretching a point to suggest that everyone is invited to your picnic? To say that everyone is invited is stretching the point.
stretch a point
Extend or enlarge beyond the usual limits, exaggerate, as in It would be stretching a point to say this novel is the work of a great writer. [Mid-1600s]
stretch a point
To make an exception.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Nevena | | - | Bulgarian, Macedonian, Croatian, Serbian |
Jeremiah | | [.dʒeri'maiə] | |
Apolinar | | ah-po-lee-NAHR | Spanish |
SunČAna | | soon-CHAH-nah | Croatian |
Shawnda | | SHAWN-də | English |
Josepha | | yo-ZE-fah (German) | German (Archaic), English (Rare) |