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outstretcher

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out⋅stretch

  [out-strech]
Use outstretcher in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
2. to stretch out; expand: The rising population has outstretched the city.
3. to stretch beyond: His behavior outstretches my patience.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; see out-, stretch

Related forms:
outstretcher, noun
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Word Origin & History

outstretch 
c.1366, from out + stretch (q.v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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