Pad out and Stretch

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Stretch and pad out are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stretch" instead a verb "Pad out".

Stretch verb - To add to the interest of by including made-up details.

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Pad out and stretch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pad out" instead a verb "Stretch".

However, he inspired so many other writers to pad out their volumes and stretch their stories over ten or twelve volumes that by the 2000's he gets lumped in with those he inspired, often cited as the Ur-Example, but rarely acknowledged as the man who started the trend.

Source: Seinfeld Is Unfunny / Literature

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