stretch tosomething
phrasal verbwithstretchverbuk/stretʃ/us/stretʃ/
UKinformaltomanageto give orpayaparticularamount, often alargeramountthan you mightexpect:
"How muchmoneydo youwanttoborrow?" "Could youstretchto £50?"
Coping and not coping
- balancing act
- be left holding the babyidiom
- bear up
- bite
- bite off more thanyoucan chewidiom
- cut
- hand
- head
- hold
- juggling
- keep body and soul togetheridiom
- keep the wolf from the dooridiom
- keepyourhead above wateridiom
- keep/holdyourend upidiom
- manage
- sink or swimidiom
- stride
- subsist
- subsistence
- takesomethinginyourstrideidiom
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