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

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

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

I have no objection to Mr. Peary's friends endorsing him—a friend who will stretch a point is not to be condemned.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook