Hide
Hide verb - To put into a hiding place.
Stretch
Stretch verb - To add to the interest of by including made-up details.
How words are described
| right | right hide | right stretch |
| nasty | nasty hide | nasty stretch |
| entire | entire hide | entire stretch |
| big | big hide | big stretch |
| Other adjectives: little, black, final, latter. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Hide Your Children: While it is in no way a stretch to assume there were never any children on Von Braun, there is a sign ("Adult must accompany child") that suggests there were.
Source: Video Game / System Shock -
In the second series, Jiyu asks him to stretch by writing a romance novel under his own name, which causes tension when he has to hide the fact he's doing another ghostwriting job on the side.
Source: Anime / Jubei-chan
Cite this Source
Stretch and Hide. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hide/stretch
Hide & Stretch. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hide/stretch>.
Stretch or Hide. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hide/stretch.
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