To tell or explain something in such a way that, while not technically false, presents an exaggerated or misleading version of the truth. It would be stretching it to say that our company has been very successful, but we've managed to get by for the past few years.

Would be a stretch meaning?

That's a bit of a stretch: That's a little exaggerated, that's a slight exaggeration. idiom. It's a bit of a stretch to say that every U.S. retailer carries Delavigne perfumes. Everyone knows it's an exaggeration.

What does you're stretching it mean?

to be going further than the truth: She's very smart, but it's stretching it to call her a genius. Exaggerating & playing down.