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by any stretch

by any stretch is the clipping of by any stretch of the imagination.

Meaning of by any stretch of the imagination

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) By any means; in any sense; regardless of how one puts or considers it.
    • The British Prime Minister isn't a monarch by any stretch of the imagination.

Synonyms of by any stretch

Origin of by any stretch

Clipping of by any stretch of the imagination.

Questions about by any stretch

What is by any stretch the clipping of?
By any stretch is the clipping of by any stretch of the imagination.

Words near by any stretch in the dictionary

  1. by and bye
  2. by and large
  3. by any chance
  4. by any means
  5. by any measure
  6. by any stretch
  7. by any stretch of the imagination
  8. by blood
  9. By Brook
  10. by chalks
  11. by chance

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Adapted from Wiktionary: by any stretch (page history and authors); by any stretch of the imagination (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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