Yes it can. I pour all over my stockings/socks, then put the shoes on and walk around in them. Old nurse trick. Main ingredient in expensive shoe stretch I'm told.
Stretching Leather Shoes.
Sometimes rubbing the area that needs streching with alcohol while the shoe is on works.
Another option.
Take it to a shoe repair shop. They carry a stretcher insert that...
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