What is another word for fudging?

“That's why I respect him so much - he gave an honest answer, rather than trying to fudge up data to support his desires, as do many, many figures on both the left and the right.”

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Present participle for to avoid providing a clear answer or statement

weaseling^US

weaselling^UK

falsifying

mincing words

parrying questions

shifting ground about

copping out

humming and hawing

beating about the bush

evading the issue

sitting on the fence

beating around the bush

temporizing^US

temporising^UK

sidestepping the issue

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

balking^US

baulking^UK

playing it close to the vest

giving a false colour to

putting on

stretching the truth

copping out of

beating about the bush about

giving a wide berth to

hedging your bets

giving the run around

dancing around an issue

worming one's way out of

outwitting

contesting

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

using delaying tactics

avoiding committing oneself

playing a waiting game

avoiding making a decision

taking your time

using Fabian tactics

kicking the can down the road

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“Trying to fudge the issue will only invite China's bullying and eventual invasion.”

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Present participle for to use underhanded methods to achieve a goal

victimizing^US

victimising^UK

chiseling^US

chiselling^UK

pulling a fast one on

sending on a wild goose chase

giving someone a bum steer

putting on

putting on the wrong track

doing in

pulling one's leg

leading up the garden path

throwing off the scent

stretching the rules

bending the rules

pulling something funny

stacking the cards

hitting below the belt

taking to the cleaners

selling a bill of goods

saying something untrue

misinstructing

telling a white lie

departing from the truth

not telling the truth

telling a terminological inexactitude

bearing false witness

putting up smoke screen

giving wrong information to

leading on

leading down the garden path

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

wrong steering

giving the wrong impression

leading up garden path

putting on false front

selling down the river

manoeuvring^UK

maneuvering^US

getting the better of

selling a pup

enchanting

figuring out

playing someone false

doing someone in the eye

selling a bill of goods to

slipping something over on

hypnotizing^US

mesmerizing^US

going one better than

pulling someone's leg

shaving

finessing

mesmerising^UK

hypnotising^UK

biasing^US

biassing^UK

hocus-pocusing

playing a practical joke on

playing fast and loose with

giving the runaround

playing for a sucker

sending on a wild-goose chase

twisting around your little finger

obsessing

making a monkey of

making somebody look an idiot

making a monkey out of

sweeping you off your feet

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

rubbing the right way

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Verb

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Present participle for to describe or express in too exaggerated terms

colouring^UK

dramatising^UK

dramatizing^US

coloring^US

emphasising^UK

emphasizing^US

making too much of something

piling it on

stretching the truth

putting on

making a big thing of

adding colour

making a federal case of

laying it on with a trowel

blowing something out of all proportion

blowing up out of all proportion

laying it on with a shovel

laying on

making a production out of

drawing the longbow

making a mountain out of a molehill

shooting a line

cooking up

blowing out of proportion

laying it on thick about

bigging up

making a drama out of a crisis

laying it on with a trowel about

making a big thing out of

blowing up out of proportion

making a mountain out of

making mountain of molehill

exaggerating information

going into detail about

spreading on thick

making federal case

making mountain out of molehill

belabouring^UK

belaboring^US

making a big thing about

making a production of

biting off too much

running into the ground

making a big deal out of something

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Verb

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Present participle for to completely bungle (an opportunity)

doing something badly

making a dog's dinner of

balling up

making a pig's ear of

putting a spanner in the works

putting your foot in it

falling flat on face with

erring on

making a pig's ear

making a dog's breakfast

hashing up

making a mess

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Verb

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Present participle for to make more beautiful or attractive by adorning or decorating

Verb

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Present participle for to make a false show or pretense of

Noun

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The action of evading something

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Noun

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The state of hesitating or being evasive

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

temporising^UK

temporizing^US

beating about the bush

sidestepping the issue

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Noun

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The act of giving an appearance to something of which it is not

coloring^US

colouring^UK

pretence^UK

pretense^US

figment of the imagination

porky pie

fairy story

departure from the truth

terminological inexactitude

rumour^UK

economy with the truth

rumor^US

disregard for the facts

deviation from the truth

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Noun

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A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling

overgeneral reasoning

use of fallacious arguments

wrong end of the stick

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