"stretch four" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the concept of a \"four\" (or \"4\"), the standard numeric designation for the power forward in play diagrams, being able to \"stretch\" a defense by forcing it to guard the player beyond the three-point line.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stretch fours",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "stretch four (plural stretch fours)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Basketball",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A power forward able to shoot three-pointers."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "basketball",
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        ],
        [
          "power forward",
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        ],
        [
          "three-pointers",
          "three-point shot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(basketball) A power forward able to shoot three-pointers."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "basketball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "stretch four"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stretch four"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From the concept of a \"four\" (or \"4\"), the standard numeric designation for the power forward in play diagrams, being able to \"stretch\" a defense by forcing it to guard the player beyond the three-point line.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stretch fours",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "stretch four (plural stretch fours)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        "English multiword terms",
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        "Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)/2 syllables",
        "en:Basketball"
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      "glosses": [
        "A power forward able to shoot three-pointers."
      ],
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        [
          "basketball",
          "basketball"
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(basketball) A power forward able to shoot three-pointers."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "basketball",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ],
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        "stretch four"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stretch four"
}