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at a stretch en · ADV

Meanings

1. (UK, not-comparable) In one continuous period of time; at a time.
   • He worked for fifteen hours at a stretch.
   • Clara's father, a trollish ne'er-do-well who spent most of his time in brothels and saloons, would disappear for days and weeks at a stretch, leaving Clara and her mother to fend for themselves. 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 26:

Synonyms

on a stretch