"by no stretch of the imagination" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: en-au-by no stretch of the imagination.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} by no stretch of the imagination, {{en-PP}} by no stretch of the imagination
  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of by no means: certainly not, definitely not, not by any means. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: by no means [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-by_no_stretch_of_the_imagination-en-prep_phrase-ouZX2lFA
  2. (idiomatic) Synonym of in no way: never ever, not for any reason; in no sense. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: in no way [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-by_no_stretch_of_the_imagination-en-prep_phrase-VAZspS-5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: by no stretch, by no stretch of imagination Related terms: by any stretch of the imagination

Alternative forms

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