The phrase "stretch the term" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to denote extending the scope of a word or expression, usually beyond its typical or accepted definition. For example, "The author has attempted to stretch the term 'justice' to include issues like poverty and homelessness."
The dominance of the singer-songwriter-influenced Howard and the Mumfords might suggest the so-called folk revival continues, if that didn't stretch the term "folk" into gibberish.
"When people get to the top of politics you see them less and less, so I wouldn't want to stretch the term," she says, before going on for several minutes about how brilliant she thinks Ed is.
In the April , 2014 Presidential election — which will undoubtedly, like its predecessors in 2009 and 2010, stretch the term "free and fair" to its breaking point — Karzai might have, like most incumbent heads of government, thrown his weight behind a chosen successor.
Congrats! depends on how much you stretch the term gadget.
Purely human-powered 'chatbots' (if I can stretch the term for a moment) which make it super simple for a human to have a question/complaint thoughtfully addressed by another human are certainly going to be appreciated.
In view of the fact that we are looking for full song annotation and a full song has a somewhat larger time stretch, the term mood is probably the better option.
"It may be stretching the term "gesture" a little," admits David Smith, "but the Charge of the Light Brigade was pretty ineffectual".
(Though I do realise that labelling the when-did-you-last-wash-that-jumper? Foals as pop stars might be stretching the term past all credibility).
Dale Leifeste's two botanical digital prints are clever, focused and pure, while David Humphrey's "Sno, Tree" (2003) boldly stretches the term "representation".
It can be a large bowl of Doritos and a jug of mojitos; which is stretching the term dinner party to its limits, I agree.
Things to Ponder in Reassessing Debt A KNEE-BUCKLING car payment may have you thinking refinance, but unless you are sorely strapped for immediate cash, a new loan that lowers the payment by stretching the term may do more long-term harm than short-term good.
