Stretch-out
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stretch-out is a noun meaning A stretch limousine.
Meaning
A stretch limousine.
More Meanings
- A practice of industrial operation, especially in the textile industry, by which workers are required to do additional work without a proportional increase in wages.
Example Sentences
As time progressed, the Gray Line increased its limo fleet, converted the stretchouts into passenger vehicles (later widely emulated), and brought the first sightseeing buses to the Islands.
The strike committee's statement today […] said the “stretchout system has become a scourge and the principal weapon used by the employers to beat the workers into subjection[.]” […] Of the stretch-out, the committee declared: / “We are sick and tired of listening to people tell us that there is nothing we can do about the stretch-out. […]”
Word Forms
- stretch-outs
- stretchout
Synonyms for stretch-out
Depending on context, synonyms include speedup.
Antonyms for stretch-out
Common opposites include go-slow, slowdown, work-to-rule.
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