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stretch the long bow

stretch the long bow verb: to exaggerate, tell a tall tale.

Verb

stretch the long bow (third-person singular simple present stretches the long bow, present participle stretching the long bow, simple past and past participle stretched the long bow)

  1. To exaggerate, tell a tall tale.

Forms of stretch the long bow

third-person singular presentstretches the long bow
present participlestretching the long bow
past participlestretched the long bow
paststretched the long bow

Questions about stretch the long bow

What does stretch the long bow mean?
Stretch the long bow means to exaggerate, tell a tall tale.
What part of speech is stretch the long bow?
Stretch the long bow is a verb.
What is the past tense of stretch the long bow?
The past tense of stretch the long bow is stretched the long bow.

Words near stretch the long bow in the dictionary

  1. stretch rope
  2. stretch shortening cycle
  3. stretch target
  4. stretch targets
  5. stretch the envelope
  6. stretch the long bow
  7. stretch the point
  8. stretch the rules
  9. stretch the truth
  10. stretch thin
  11. stretch wrap

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