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stretched it

(時間、資源等)拉長,延長

`stretch something` 在這裡引申義,指盡可能地拉長或延長某件事,常帶有「物盡其用」或「拖延時間」的意味。Jake 再次強調自己「拼命講廢話」來拖延時間。

THAT COULD TAKE UP TO FOUR MINUTES, WHICH IS WHY I REALLY DRAGGED OUT THIS EXPLANATION.
I MEAN, REALLY STRETCHED IT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED,
BUT THERE WERE TIMES WHERE I WAS LIKE, WHAT AM I EVEN TALKING ABOUT? THIS ISN'T-- OH.