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Past tense for to knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court
Past tense for to speak in a manner that is exaggerated and typically not sincere
Past tense for to talk extravagantly and imaginatively about
Past tense for to give an impression of greater importance than is justified
Verb
▲
Past tense for to knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court
perjured
fabricated
prevaricated
falsified
equivocated
deceived
lied
lay
laid
deluded
misled
tricked
forswore
forsworn
committed perjury
beared false witness
swore falsely
sworn falsely
lay under oath
lain under oath
misrepresented
fibbed
exaggerated
conned
dissembled
dissimulated
pretended
misstated
paltered
fudged
distorted
told stories
told untruths
departed from the truth
told a lie
made up a story
put up a front
not told the truth
told a terminological inexactitude
put on
put on the wrong track
invented a story
faked
feigned
invented
concocted
jived
bluffed
kidded
planted
hoodwinked
hoaxed
misinformed
misspoke
misspoken
beguiled
misguided
duped
perverted
snowed
bulled
gaslit
gaslighted
misinstructed
told an untruth
told a falsehood
forswore oneself
BSed
sent on a wild goose chase
made up
pulled the wool over someone's eyes
said something untrue
concocted a story
led astray
pulled someone's leg
forsworn oneself
told a little white lie
had on
told a white lie
strung along
lacked candor
perjured oneself
trumped up
created fiction
told a fib
faked it
spoken with forked tongue
spoke with forked tongue
overdrew
snown
overdrawn
snew
broken promise
thrown off the scent
gave the wrong impression
given the wrong impression
broke promise
threw off the scent
forged
simulated
hatched
told untruth
told lies
created out of thin air
spun a yarn
devised
dreamt up
conjured up
phonied
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to speak in a manner that is exaggerated and typically not sincere
laid it on
exaggerated
overstated
embellished
embroidered
overdid
overdone
piled on
overdid it
overdone it
soft-soaped
embellished the truth
gave fulsome praise
given fulsome praise
hammed it up
paid extravagant compliments
piled it on
sweet-talked
laid it on thick
laid on with a trowel
laid it on with a trowel
laid it on with a shovel
overstated the case
Verb
▲
Past tense for to talk extravagantly and imaginatively about
romanced
fantasised
UK
fantasized
US
gushed
romanticised
UK
romanticized
US
idealised
UK
idealized
US
sentimentalised
UK
sentimentalized
US
daydreamt
daydreamed
dreamed
US
dreamt
UK
exaggerated
lied
lay
laid
rhapsodised
UK
rhapsodized
US
swooned
mooned
made up stories
told stories
thought romantically
built castles in the air
looked at through rose-colored glasses
viewed through rose-tinted glasses
let your imagination run away with you
Verb
▲
Past tense for to give an impression of greater importance than is justified
inflated
exaggerated
embellished
amplified
magnified
overstated
embroidered
overemphasised
UK
overemphasized
US
hyperbolized
overplayed
dramatised
UK
dramatized
US
overdid
overdone
padded
stretched
straught
elaborated
expanded
overestimated
aggrandized
enlarged
emphasised
UK
emphasized
US
boosted
enhanced
exalted
augmented
pyramided
intensified
increased
escalated
extended
swelled
swoll
swollen
ballooned
bloated
filled
maximised
UK
maximized
US
spread
widened
blew up
blown up
built up
blew up out of all proportion
blown up out of all proportion
blew something out of all proportion
blown something out of all proportion
touched up
made a big thing out of
fleshed out
pumped up
beefed up
drove up
driven up
swelled up
swollen up
coloured
UK
colored
US
made a mountain out of a molehill
fudged
heightened
falsified
catastrophized
puffed
lied
oversold
romanticized
US
overpitched
romanticised
UK
elaborated on
laid it on thick
made too much of something
put on
made a big thing of
piled it on
laid it on with a trowel
added colour
laid it on with a shovel
shot a line
made a drama out of a crisis
overstressed
distorted
overvalued
overdrew
overdrawn
misrepresented
misreported
fabricated
varnished
bragged
boasted
laid
lay
misquoted
hiked
corrupted
gilded
gilt
upped
overembellished
overexaggerated
caricatured
overelaborated
scammed
romanced
dressed up
made a federal case of
added detail to
played up
added flesh to
made a production out of
laid on
made federal case
cooked up
enlarged on
jazzed up
loud talked
prettied up
piled it on about
laid it on thick about
exaggerated information
drew the longbow
drawn the longbow
big upped
bigged up
laid it on with a trowel about
made a fuss
made a song and dance about
made a big deal out of something
lay on
blew out of proportion
blown out of proportion
went to extremes
gone to extremes
deepened
multiplied
jacked up
raised
compounded
supersized
supplemented
stepped up
hiked up
souped up
strengthened
accelerated
mounted
redoubled
consolidated
accentuated
dilated
stoked
hyped
burgeoned
broadened
mushroomed
snowballed
developt
developed
distended
bourgeoned
puffed up
lift
built
sweetened
amped up
upsurged
slapped on
become larger
run up
added to
overrated
rose
risen
thickened
lengthened
proliferated
improved
grown
grew
added
refined
expatiated
fattened
accumulated
upgraded
ameliorated
appreciated
intensated
climbed
made a mountain out of
gained
complemented
roused
boomed
waxed
turned up
made bigger
bulked
bulged
bettered
reinforced
elevated
meliorated
cultivated
perfected
helped
lifted
polished
amended
filled out
become distended
parlayed
endowed
diffused
upsized
rolled up
enriched
ran up
protracted
tacked on
became larger
become greater
made larger
jumped up
added value
bulked up
spiked
bolstered
prolonged
become bigger
embiggened
hopped up
puffed out
topped up
intumesced
made greater
increased in size
made richer
tumefied
drawn the long bow
drew the long bow
clumb
clomb
holpen
holp
became distended
gotten bigger
got bigger
became bigger
became greater
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