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stretch out

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1. stretch out - Noun

2. stretch out - Verb

Meaning

stretch (the neck) so as to see better

thrust or extend out

extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

extend one's body or limbs

lie down comfortably

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A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth. Christopher Wren

Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way. Swami Vivekananda

Every day you may make progress. Every step may be fruitful. Yet there will stretch out before you an ever-lengthening, ever-ascending, ever-improving path. You know you will never get to the end of the journey. But this, so far from discouraging, only adds to the joy and glory of the climb. Winston Churchill

One of the duties which devolve upon women in the present interesting crisis, is to prepare themselves for more extensive usefulness, by making use of those religious and literary privileges and advantages that are within their reach, if they will only stretch out their hands and possess them. Sarah Grimké

Beauty is unbearable, drives us to despair, offering us for a minute the glimpse of an eternity that we should like to stretch out over the whole of time. Albert Camus

It is good to be tired and wearied by the futile search after the true good, that we may stretch out our arms to the Redeemer. Blaise Pascal

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