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

When Not To Use It As clever as this trick is, experts caution against trying to stretch it beyond its intended purpose. — Alesandra Dubin, Southern Living, 25 July 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

Isaac Collins had a one-out single in the third but was thrown out trying to stretch it to a double. — ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026

Some days will stretch it; others will rattle it to the core. — Neri Karra Sillaman, Harvard Business Review, 20 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for stretch it

• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite
• misfit