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21stretched out — flattened, extended, spread out …
22stretched out his hand — extended his hand …
23stretched the truth — told a lie, embellished the truth …
24The Night Before Larry Was Stretched — is an Irish execution ballad written in the Newgate cant.AuthorThe ballad is estimated to have been written around 1816. Will (Hurlfoot) Maher, a shoemaker from Waterford, wrote the song, though Dr. Robert Burrowes, the Dean of St. Finbar’s Cork …
25I Am Stretched on Your Grave — is an anonymous 17th century Irish poem titled Táim shínte ar do h uaigh , and further translated by Frank O Connor [ O Connor, Frank (trans). I am Stretched on Your Grave . Lucy, Seán, (ed). Love Poems of the Irish , Cork: Mercier, 1967] . While …
26Far-stretched — a. Stretched beyond ordinary limits. [1913 Webster] …
27be stretched thin — ► to not have enough money, people, supplies, etc. to operate, do a job, or provide what is needed: »Without more money, the programs would be stretched thin. »In the current economic climate, doctors and nurses are stretched thin and equipment… …
28out|stretched — «OWT STREHCHT», adjective. stretched out; extended: »He welcomed his old friend with outstretched arms …
29up|stretched — «UHP STREHCHT», adjective. stretched or extended upward: »an upstretched arm …
30pre-stretched line — line that has been stretched so that it is much thinner. Strength is retained but it is no longer as elastic. Used in Europe for catching small or very shy fish …