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Verb

Present participle for stretch the truth

Present participle for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

Present participle for to deliberately act evasively in order to gain time or postpone a decision

Present participle for to quibble over trivial matters

Present participle for give a false or misleading account of the nature of

Present participle for to make a false show or pretense of

Adjective

Ambiguous in nature, typically as an avoidance tactic

Of or pertaining to perjury

Noun

The act of speaking falsehoods or dissimulating misinformation

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Present participle for stretch the truth

lying

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

temporising^UK

temporizing^US

vacillating

beating about the bush

sidestepping the issue

beating around the bush

giving a false colour to

waffling

weaseling^US

weaselling^UK

shifting ground about

skirting the issue

playing it close to the vest

giving the run around

playing your cards close to your chest

balking^US

baulking^UK

beating about the bush about

dancing around an issue

worming one's way out of

giving a wide berth to

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“Why should we believe you when it is well known that all lawyers prevaricate?”

Verb

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Present participle for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

shoveling^US

shovelling^UK

departing from the truth

inventing a story

making up a story

forswearing oneself

not telling the truth

telling a terminological inexactitude

telling a fib

creating fiction

speaking with forked tongue

telling a little white lie

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

pulling someone's leg

putting on the wrong track

throwing off the scent

putting on

sending on a wild goose chase

leading up the garden path

bearing false witness

creating out of thin air

giving someone a bum steer

victimising^UK

putting up smoke screen

ripping off

putting on an act

giving wrong information to

catching

ensnaring

pulling a swifty on

leading down the garden path

double-crossing

pulling a fast one on

putting on false front

victimizing^US

giving the wrong impression

leading up garden path

saying something untrue

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Present participle for to deliberately act evasively in order to gain time or postpone a decision

temporising^UK

temporizing^US

beating about the bush

using delaying tactics

gaining time

taking your time

playing a waiting game

stalling for time

avoiding committing oneself

avoiding making a decision

using Fabian tactics

kicking the can down the road

beating around the bush

putting off doing something

using dilatory tactics

putting on the back burner

employing delaying tactics

letting something slide

holding off

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Present participle for to quibble over trivial matters

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Present participle for give a false or misleading account of the nature of

coloring^US

colouring^UK

biasing^US

biassing^UK

quoting out of context

taking out of context

blowing smoke

building up

covering up

giving a false account of

giving a false idea of

putting words in someone's mouth

moulding^UK

molding^US

putting the wrong slant on

dramatizing^US

giving a false impression of

dramatising^UK

making adjustments to

making changes to

making alterations to

giving a false picture of

minimizing^US

giving a false identity to

minimising^UK

sweeping under the rug

soft-pedalling

putting on a front

putting up a smoke screen

sweeping under the carpet

putting on a false front

keeping quiet about

keeping a lid on

drawing a veil over

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Verb

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Present participle for to make a false show or pretense of

Adjective

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Ambiguous in nature, typically as an avoidance tactic

woolly^UK

wooly^US

in a state of uncertainty

generalized^US

impossible to understand

mysterial

ineffable

gray^US

grey^UK

generalised^UK

intentionally misleading

blurred round the edges

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Adjective

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Of or pertaining to perjury

economical with the truth

phoney^UK

phony^US

terminologically inexact

not entirely truthful

bearing false witness

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Noun

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The act of speaking falsehoods or dissimulating misinformation

pretence^UK

pretense^US

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

giving false testimony

bearing false witness

bearing false testimony

oath breaking

forswearing oneself

false testimony

giving false evidence

violation of an oath

making false statements

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