stretch it

phrase

informal

: to describe something as larger or greater than it really is : to exaggerate

She's a good musician but comparing her to the legends is stretching it.

Examples of stretch it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wells finally broke through with a double to right field, but tried to stretch it into a triple, blowing past the stop sign from third base coach Luis Rojas. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026

Pinch off a small piece of dough and stretch it between your thumbs and index fingers on both hands. — Hana Asbrink, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026

Don’t hang a fragile quilt from a clothesline, which will stretch it. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026

What Rick and Morty had going for it, at its best, was conceptual inspiration, the ability to take a kernel of an idea and stretch it to the creative limit and beyond. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026

Rhymes for stretch it

• acquit
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• dalit
• dendrite
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