Related Clues:

• Stretch ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme?
• Protract
• Opposite of abridge
• Offer, as a hand
• Gone late oddly to extend
• Reach out or stretch
• Hold out or stretch out
• Extend or draw out
• Reach out, say the hand of friendship
• Stretch, pull
• Stretch out over a distance
• Stretch out, say the hand of friendship
• Make or become longer
• Stretch lengthways
• Lengthen or prolong