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1
to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area
- the dog had outstretched his legs and was lying across the width of the doorway
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2
to make longer
- having outstretched our lunch break beyond all reason, we reluctantly headed back to work
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The first known use of outstretch was in the 15th century
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