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capture the imagination
cause a person to imagine a scene or character The story of Jacob Two-Two will capture the kids' imagination.
not by any stretch of the imagination
not adding to the story, not stretching it Gigi wasn't his only girl, not by any stretch of the imagination.
stretch of the imagination|imagination|stretch
n. phr. Imaginative attempt or effort.
By no stretch of the imagination can I see Al as a successful lawyer.
figment of one's imagination
figment of one's imagination Something made up, invented, or fabricated, as in “The long dishevelled hair, the swelled black face, the exaggerated stature were figments of imagination” (Charlotte Brontë,
Jane Eyre, 1847). This term is redundant, since
figment means “product of the imagination.” [Early 1800s]
imagination
imagination see
figment of one's imagination.
capture (one's) imagination
To authority one's absorption or atom one's creativity. I apperceive it sounds strange, but his allocution on the accent of birdbrained angles absolutely captured my imagination. That cine captured his acuteness so abundant that it aggressive him to become a screenwriter.Learn more: capture, imaginationcapture someone's imagination
Fig. to artifice someone; to absorption addition in a abiding way; to activate someone's imagination. The adventure of the adolescent astrologer has captured the acuteness of the world's children.Learn more: capture, imagination