Workers on an oil rig often do 12-hour days for 14 days at a stretch.
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stretch — [stretʆ] verb 1. [transitive] FINANCE if something stretches an amount of money or a supply of something, it uses it up so you have hardly enough for your needs: • Our finances are stretched to the limit. 2. [intransitive, transitive] FINAN … Financial and business terms
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20 hours/5 days/6 weeks, etc. at a stretch — ► if you do something for 20 hours, etc. at a stretch, you do it continuously for that period of time: »Workers on an oil rig often do 12 hour days for 14 days at a stretch. Main Entry: ↑stretch … Financial and business terms
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20 hours at a stretch — 20 hours/5 days/6 weeks, etc. at a stretch ► if you do something for 20 hours, etc. at a stretch, you do it continuously for that period of time: »Workers on an oil rig often do 12 hour days for 14 days at a stretch. Main Entry: ↑stretch … Financial and business terms
5 days at a stretch — 20 hours/5 days/6 weeks, etc. at a stretch ► if you do something for 20 hours, etc. at a stretch, you do it continuously for that period of time: »Workers on an oil rig often do 12 hour days for 14 days at a stretch. Main Entry: ↑stretch … Financial and business terms
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