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Give a false or misleading account of the nature of

To describe or express in too exaggerated terms

To tell a lie or something that is untrue

To wrongly identify as someone or something else

To make hurtful and untrue comments about

To mistreat or do an injustice to

To be wrong or to make an incorrect judgment regarding

Represent in a false, absurd, or distorted way

To make unclear or difficult to understand

Stretch the truth

To apply incorrectly

To make a false show or pretense of

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Give a false or misleading account of the nature of

colors^US

colours^UK

quotes out of context

gives a false account of

gives a false idea of

puts words in someone's mouth

moulds^UK

molds^US

puts the wrong slant on

dramatizes^US

gives a false impression of

dramatises^UK

gives a false picture of

minimizes^US

gives a false identity to

minimises^UK

sweeps under the carpet

puts up a smoke screen

keeps quiet about

sweeps under the rug

puts on a false front

bastardizes^US

bastardises^UK

demoralizes^US

maneuvers^US

manoeuvres^UK

demoralises^UK

arranges fraudulently

gives a particular slant to

exerts an influence on

brutalizes^US

brutalises^UK

exploits a loophole in

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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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To describe or express in too exaggerated terms

colours^UK

dramatises^UK

dramatizes^US

colors^US

emphasises^UK

emphasizes^US

makes too much of something

makes a federal case of

lays it on with a trowel

blows something out of all proportion

blows up out of all proportion

lays it on with a shovel

lays on

makes a production out of

draws the longbow

makes mountains out of molehills

shoots a line

cooks up

blows out of proportion

lays it on thick about

bigs up

makes a drama out of a crisis

lays it on with a trowel about

makes a big thing out of

belabours^UK

belabors^US

makes a production of

mugs

gilds

hypes

labors^US

labours^UK

maximizes^US

attaches too much importance to

attaches too much weight to

maximises^UK

makes a big thing about

makes a big deal out of something

expounds on

places too much emphasis on

lays too much emphasis on

blows up out of proportion

makes a song and dance about

makes a fuss

lays too much stress on

makes a mountain out of

gives someone a sob story

makes mountain of molehill

magnifies importance

makes something out of nothing

swells

extends

pumps up

goes into detail about

exaggerates information

promotes

acclaims

goes on and on about

goes over the top about

makes mountain out of molehill

pays extravagant compliments

embellishes the truth

lays on with a trowel

makes a performance of

plays on heartstrings

italicizes^US

italicises^UK

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To tell a lie or something that is untrue

departs from the truth

invents a story

makes up a story

forswears oneself

tells a terminological inexactitude

tells a fib

creates fiction

speaks with forked tongue

tells a little white lie

pulls the wool over someone's eyes

puts on the wrong track

throws off the scent

puts on

sends on a wild goose chase

creates out of thin air

gives someone a bum steer

does a number on

gives the wrong impression

wrong steers

leads down the garden path

leads up the garden path

lies to

puts up smoke screen

gives wrong information to

victimises^UK

victimizes^US

says something untrue

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To wrongly identify as someone or something else

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To make hurtful and untrue comments about

scandalises^UK

scandalizes^US

dishonors^US

dishonours^UK

drags through the mud

drags through the mire

spreads scandal about

does a hatchet job on

runs a smear campaign against

blackens someone's name

runs smear campaign

rubbishes

knocks

stigmatizes^US

stigmatises^UK

criticises^UK

criticizes^US

writes false reports about

spreads tales about

marks wrong

drags someone's name through the mud

drags name through mud

brings into disrepute

minimizes^US

minimises^UK

pummels^US

sullies the reputation of

blackens the reputation of

conducts a smear campaign against

demonizes^US

demonises^UK

belabors^US

trivializes^US

disfavors^US

disfavours^UK

compromises

blackens the character of

belabours^UK

trivialises^UK

puts someone in their place

makes someone eat crow

gives a bad name to

causes to lose face

loses face

takes down a peg or two

treats disrespectfully

cuts dead

rates

displeases

hurts somebody's feelings

brings into disfavour

raises your hackles

ruffles one's feathers

gives the cold shoulder

makes somebody's hackles rise

gives someone a dressing-down

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To mistreat or do an injustice to

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To be wrong or to make an incorrect judgment regarding

takes something amiss

gets the wrong idea about

has wrong impression

puts a wrong interpretation on

receives a false impression

misses the point

gets the wrong impression about

gets the wrong end of the stick

gets hold of the wrong end of the stick

misreckons

gets signals crossed

gets the wrong impression

takes something the wrong way

gets wrong impression

gets your lines crossed about

garbles

mistranslates

exaggerates

gets your wires crossed

gets your lines crossed

boobs

calculates wrongly

makes an error

makes a mistake about

makes a wrong interpretation of

takes out of context

gets a false impression of

comes to hasty conclusion

gets the wrong end of the stick about

jumps to the wrong conclusion about

does someone an injustice

barks up wrong tree

puts foot in

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Represent in a false, absurd, or distorted way

satirises^UK

satirizes^US

does an impression of

laughs at

takes the mickey

pokes fun at

takes the piss out of

passes oneself off as

reflects

does an impersonation of

embodies

pretends to be

pastiches

makes a monkey out of

represents oneself as

epitomizes^US

follows the example of

takes leaf out of book

epitomises^UK

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To make unclear or difficult to understand

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Stretch the truth

temporises^UK

temporizes^US

beats around the bush

gives a false colour to

balks^US

baulks^UK

dances around an issue

skirts round

cops a plea

passes the buck

worms one's way out of

gets out of

finds a way round

rambles

plays it close to the vest

beats about the bush about

gives a wide berth to

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To apply incorrectly

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To make a false show or pretense of

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