Extend
Extend verb - To make longer.
Tug
Tug verb - To cause to follow by applying steady force on.
Common collocations
| bit | extend bit | tug bit |
Both words in one sentence
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Extend this trope to mechanical "animals" and you get WALLE, whose huge adorable eyes seem custom-made to tug the heartstrings of all who gaze upon him.
Source: Ridiculously Cute Critter -
This becomes important later when the crew realize they can use that to dock the Torrens to Sevastopol if someone on the other side can extend its tug scaffolding, as the Sevastopol spaceport is too damaged to dock with.
Source: Video Game / Alien: Isolation
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