"at a stretch" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "at a stretch (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He worked for fifteen hours at a stretch.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In one continuous period of time; at a time."
      ],
      "id": "en-at_a_stretch-en-adv-sbHxZwCO",
      "links": [
        [
          "continuous",
          "continuous"
        ],
        [
          "period",
          "period"
        ],
        [
          "at a time",
          "at a time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly UK) In one continuous period of time; at a time."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "on a stretch"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "at a stretch"
}

{
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "at a stretch (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "British English",
        "English adverbs",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English prepositional phrases",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncomparable adverbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He worked for fifteen hours at a stretch.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In one continuous period of time; at a time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "continuous",
          "continuous"
        ],
        [
          "period",
          "period"
        ],
        [
          "at a time",
          "at a time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly UK) In one continuous period of time; at a time."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "on a stretch"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "at a stretch"
}