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Is term for overstatement gag's exaggeration? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

stretch

(Other definitions for stretch that I've seen before include "time spent in jail" , "Spell of time (in prison?)" , "extended" , "Exercise - period" , "Extend; term in prison" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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