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Definition stretch of the imagination in British English

stretch of the imagination phrase

phrase
1

used for saying that you think something cannot be true or possible no matter how hard you try to imagine it

Example

It's not a great work of cinema by any stretch of the imagination.

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Definition  stretch of the imagination in British English