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Verb

Past tense for to give a false or misleading account of the nature of

Past tense for to describe or express in too exaggerated terms

Past tense for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

Past tense for to make a false show or pretense of

Past tense for to wrongly identify as someone or something else

Past tense for to make hurtful and untrue comments about

Past tense for to mistreat or do an injustice to

Past tense for to misrepresent oneself or something

Past tense for to be wrong or to make an incorrect judgment regarding

Past tense for to mimic, typically humorously

Past tense for to give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information

Past tense for to make unclear or difficult to understand

Past tense for to avoid providing a clear answer or statement

Tampered with to give a misleading or false account or impression

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Past tense for to give a false or misleading account of the nature of

colored^US

biased^US

biassed^UK

coloured^UK

quoted out of context

gave a false account of

given a false account of

given a false idea of

put words in someone's mouth

put the wrong slant on

moulded^UK

molded^US

dramatized^US

twisted someone's words

dramatised^UK

gave a false impression of

given a false impression of

gave a false picture of

given a false picture of

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“He has also been quoted as being rather annoyed that the ID advocates continually misrepresent his views.”

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Past tense for to describe or express in too exaggerated terms

coloured^UK

dramatised^UK

dramatized^US

colored^US

emphasised^UK

emphasized^US

made too much of something

made a federal case of

laid it on with a trowel

blew something out of all proportion

blown something out of all proportion

blew up out of all proportion

blown up out of all proportion

laid it on with a shovel

laid on

lay on

made a production out of

drew the longbow

drawn the longbow

made a mountain out of a molehill

shot a line

cooked up

blew out of proportion

blown out of proportion

laid it on thick about

bigged up

big upped

made a drama out of a crisis

laid it on with a trowel about

enhanced

played up

made a big thing out of

belaboured^UK

belabored^US

labored^US

laboured^UK

attached too much importance to

attached too much weight to

maximized^US

maximised^UK

made a big thing about

made a big deal out of something

overstated the case

expounded on

placed too much emphasis on

harped on about

laid too much emphasis on

idealized^US

idealised^UK

made a mountain out of

exaggerated information

played to the gallery

played to gallery

chewed up the scenery

made a song and dance about

made a fuss

made a performance of

gone overboard

went overboard

laid too much stress on

paid extravagant compliments

sweet-talked

embellished the truth

played on heartstrings

laid on with a trowel

blew up out of proportion

blown up out of proportion

gone over the top about

went on and on about

gone on and on about

went over the top about

gave someone a sob story

given someone a sob story

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Past tense for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

departed from the truth

told a terminological inexactitude

created fiction

told a fib

spoke with forked tongue

spoken with forked tongue

pulled the wool over someone's eyes

told a little white lie

put on the wrong track

created out of thin air

said something untrue

sent on a wild goose chase

gave the wrong impression

given the wrong impression

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Past tense for to make a false show or pretense of

Verb

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Past tense for to wrongly identify as someone or something else

Verb

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Past tense for to make hurtful and untrue comments about

libelled^UK

libeled^US

scandalised^UK

scandalized^US

dishonored^US

dishonoured^UK

dragged through the mud

dragged through the mire

done a hatchet job on

ran a smear campaign against

run a smear campaign against

blackened someone's name

stigmatized^US

stigmatised^UK

criticized^US

criticised^UK

blackened the name of

gossiped about

marked wrong

dragged name through mud

dragged someone's name through the mud

accused falsely

given a black eye

gave a black eye

written false reports about

wrote false reports about

brought into disrepute

spoiled^US

spoilt^UK

pummelled^UK

minimized^US

minimised^UK

pummeled^US

sullied the reputation of

belabored^US

belaboured^UK

blackened the reputation of

conducted a smear campaign against

trivialized^US

demonized^US

demonised^UK

trivialised^UK

hurt somebody's feelings

blackened the character of

put someone in their place

brought into disfavour

irked

faulted

treated disrespectfully

stepped on one's toes

injured one's reputation

made someone eat crow

damaged one's good name

ruffled one's feathers

caused to lose face

lost face

made somebody's hackles rise

showed in a bad light

took down a peg or two

taken down a peg or two

gave someone a dressing-down

given someone a dressing-down

given the cold shoulder

gave a zinger

gave the cold shoulder

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Past tense for to mistreat or do an injustice to

Verb

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Past tense for to misrepresent oneself or something

Verb

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Past tense for to be wrong or to make an incorrect judgment regarding

taken something amiss

got the wrong idea about

gotten the wrong idea about

had wrong impression

put a wrong interpretation on

missed

perverted

distorted

received a false impression

missed the point

got the wrong idea

gotten the wrong idea

got it wrong

gotten it wrong

gotten the wrong end of the stick

got the wrong end of the stick

got the wrong impression about

gotten the wrong impression about

gotten hold of the wrong end of the stick

got hold of the wrong end of the stick

come to hasty conclusion

misvalued

jumped to the wrong conclusion about

made a mistake about

got the wrong end of the stick about

got the wrong impression

gotten the wrong impression

gotten signals crossed

got signals crossed

barked up wrong tree

came to hasty conclusion

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Past tense for to mimic, typically humorously

satirised^UK

satirized^US

done an impression of

did a takeoff of

done a takeoff of

took the piss out of

taken the piss out of

dramatized^US

dramatised^UK

passed oneself off as

did an impersonation of

done an impersonation of

followed in footsteps

purported to be

tried to be like

appeared

modeled^US

epitomized^US

modelled^UK

took part

taken part

laughed

represented oneself as

pulled someone's chain

snickered at

amused

smiled at

treated contemptuously

epitomised^UK

played to the gallery

brought down the house

made fun

treated with contempt

followed the example of

taken leaf out of book

took leaf out of book

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Past tense for to give or deliver false, fake, or misleading information

gave wrong information to

given wrong information to

led down the garden path

led up the garden path

put on the wrong track

put up smoke screen

gave someone a bum steer

given someone a bum steer

pulled the wool over someone's eyes

threw off the scent

thrown off the scent

sent on a wild goose chase

victimised^UK

victimized^US

given the wrong impression

gave the wrong impression

chiseled^US

chiselled^UK

taken to the cleaners

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Past tense for to make unclear or difficult to understand

Verb

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Past tense for to avoid providing a clear answer or statement

Adjective

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Tampered with to give a misleading or false account or impression

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