stretch a point

Idioms  

1. Extend or enlarge beyond the usual limits, exaggerate, as in It would be stretching a point to say this novel is the work of a great writer. [Mid-1600s]

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stretch a point

Though they may stretch a point, or all the points, comic impersonators do the same, with a twist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2015

And why should he stretch a point to please Congress?

From Economist ● Jun. 19, 2014

However, since the Tenno did sit upon what amounted to a chair, one may stretch a point and call the occasion his Enthronement.

From Time Magazine Archive

To stretch a point or two, Disraeli even had a McGovern hectoring him in the person of Gladstone, the Liberal leader who thundered his righteous indignation at the power politics played behind his back.

From Time Magazine Archive

I ought not to do this, Mr. Royle," he had said, "but the circumstances are so unusual that I feel I may stretch a point in the young lady's favour without neglecting my duty.

From The Sign of Silence by Le Queux, William