Extend
Extend verb - To be positioned along a certain course or in a certain direction.
Usage example: our backyard extends all the way to that brook
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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They lie to/conceal from/regularly betray each other, but at the end of the day still cautiously extend olive branches of trust and friendship to each other.
Source: Series / Political Animals - The cage is too small for Hitler to stand or lie or even extend his limbs fully.
- Memory Gambit Not everyone is cut out to beat a Lie Detector or Living Lie Detector, this can extend even to magnificent bastards.
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Lie and Extend. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/extend/lie
Extend & Lie. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/extend/lie>.
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