stretch along

1. 1.

   occupy a large, elongated area

   “The park stretched beneath the train line”

   Synonymsstretch

   Broaderbe

Questions about stretch along

What does stretch along mean?

stretch along means "occupy a large, elongated area".

What is another word for stretch along?

Close synonyms include stretch. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stretch along a common word?

stretch along is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.