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Stretch

By Eric Cohen, About.com

Definition: When a shooting wrestler takes liberties with their opponent to physically dominate (but not hurt) them to either settle a personal grievence or just as a show superiority
Examples:
Stretching an opponent was a common hazing ritual in the old days of wrestling.

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