STRETCH OUT


Meaning of STRETCH OUT in English

1.

If you stretch out or stretch yourself out , you lie with your legs and body in a straight line.

The jacuzzi was too small to stretch out in...

Moira stretched herself out on the lower bench.

PHRASAL VERB : V P adv / prep , V pron-refl P prep / adv , also V P

2.

If you stretch out a part of your body, you hold it out straight.

He was about to stretch out his hand to grab me.

PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , also V n P

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