intransitive verb. To extend or use beyond what is reasonable, usual or proper.

intransitive verb. To subject to undue strain.

intransitive verb. To stretch (one's muscles or another body part) to the point of strain or injury.

intransitive verb. To stretch one's body or muscles to the point of strain or injury.

To stretch or strain excessively; overstrain; exaggerate.

verb. To stretch too far

verb. To stretch over something

verb. strain abnormally

"The EFCC had also begged the court to send them to prison custody till the time the ruling would be delivered owing to what it called overstretch of its detention facilities."

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