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DictionarySeestretchnot by any stretch of the imagination
not by any stretch of the imaginationIn no possible situation or from no conceivable perspective. Not by any stretch of the imagination do I think our team has a chance of winning tonight. Tommy does all right in school, but not by any stretch of the imagination would I call him a genius.See also: any, by, imagination, not, of, stretchnot by any stretch of the imagination or by no stretch of the imagination If you say that something is not true or possible by any stretch of the imagination or by no stretch of the imagination, you mean that it is completely untrue or impossible. He had several jobs, all of them involving driving but none of them well-paid by any stretch of the imagination. By no stretch of the imagination could his speech be described as impersonal.See also: any, by, imagination, not, of, stretch |