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Phrase(s): stretch someone or something out
to extend or draw out someone or something. • Molly stretched the baby out to change his clothes. • She stretched out the baby, who had rolled into a ball., Phrase(s): stretch something out (to someone or something)
to reach something out to someone or something. • Jeff stretched his hand out to Tiffany. • He stretched out his hand to the visitor., Phrase(s): stretch out
[for one] to extend and stretch one’s body to its full length. • She lay down, stretched out, and relaxed for the first time in days. • I need a bigger bed. I can’t stretch out in this one.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs