down the road a stretch

down the road a stretch
down the road a piece & down the road a stretch
Rur. a short distance down the road. •

Smith's Dry Goods Store? It's down the road a piece, on the left-hand side.

I'm not sure we're lost. Let's go on down the road a stretch and see if we recognize anything.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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