Here is a sentence from a task management app:
The app allows you to add tasks in several ways and in one of them you
can pinch apart two items in order to squeeze a task in between them.
I am not sure about the meaning of the phrase "pinch apart" here.
Any suggestions?
Best Answer
Likely this refers to a “spread” gesture (put down two fingers and move them apart), the opposite of pinching (put down two fingers and move them together). See this picture:
Because spreading is the opposite of pinching (and not as common a term) it makes sense that someone would refer to it as pinching apart.