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Stretch the truth
To give an impression of greater importance than is justified
To tell an untruth or falsehood
To speak in a manner that is exaggerated and typically not sincere
To talk extravagantly and imaginatively about
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Verb
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Stretch the truth
prevaricates
prevaricateth
lies
cavils
dodges
equivocates
hedges
palters
quibbles
shuffles
tergiversates
deceives
fences
flannels
pussyfoots
shilly-shallies
sidesteps
evades
fabricates
fibs
shifts
stalls
temporises
UK
temporizes
US
vacillates
beats about the bush
belies
cons
dissembles
distorts
dithers
exaggerates
falsifies
fudges
garbles
invents
jives
misrepresents
misspeaks
misstates
dodges the issue
parries questions
sidesteps the issue
begs the question
puts off
puts on
ducks the issue
hums and haws
stalls for time
beats around the bush
gives a false colour to
Verb
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To give an impression of greater importance than is justified
inflates
exaggerates
amplifies
embellishes
magnifies
overstates
increases
enlarges
expands
augments
dramatises
UK
dramatizes
US
elaborates
embroiders
emphasises
UK
emphasizes
US
enhances
overplays
boosts
exalts
extends
intensifies
overdoes
overestimates
pumps up
swells
aggrandizes
blows up
escalates
hyperbolizes
overemphasises
UK
overemphasizes
US
balloons
bloats
crams
fills
maximises
UK
maximizes
US
pads
pyramids
spreads
stretches
surcharges
touches up
widens
beefs up
builds up
drives up
fleshes out
goes up
swells up
blows something out of all proportion
blows up out of all proportion
makes a big thing out of
colours
UK
colors
US
makes mountains out of molehills
overdraws
oversells
overpitches
heightens
catastrophizes
fudges
lays it on thick
falsifies
makes too much of something
makes a big thing of
lies
puffs
piles it on
romanticizes
US
lays it on with a trowel
adds colour
romanticises
UK
elaborates on
lays it on with a shovel
draws the longbow
shoots a line
makes a drama out of a crisis
overstresses
distorts
overvalues
misrepresents
misreports
fabricates
brags
boasts
misquotes
hikes
corrupts
ups
overexaggerates
caricatures
romances
scams
puts on
makes a federal case of
makes a production out of
lays on
cooks up
blows out of proportion
loud talks
goes to extremes
pretties up
piles it on about
lays it on thick about
bigs up
lays it on with a trowel about
makes a song and dance about
makes a fuss
makes a big deal out of something
gilds
varnishes
yeasts
adds detail to
dresses up
goes into detail about
spreads on thick
adds flesh to
overembellishes
plays up
gingers up
jazzes up
distends
makes federal case
overelaborates
enlarges on
exaggerates information
ham up
overrates
overdramatizes
belabours
UK
belabors
US
draws the long bow
makes a big thing about
makes a production of
lays it on
stretches a point
blows up out of proportion
spins
emphasizes too much
puffs up
allows too much for
makes a mountain out of
magnifies importance
fills out
sensationalizes
US
labors
US
labours
UK
play-acts
stresses
overuses
acts
tragedizes
burlesques
sensationalises
UK
playacts
executes
expands on
performs
shows
produces
melodramatizes
enacts
splashes
stages
presents
dwells on
harps on
does to death
goes overboard with
piles on
carries
overloads
pressures
overtaxes
overburdens
fatigues
hypes
overreaches
overworks
overindulges
camps up
overtires
attaches too much importance to
attaches too much weight to
lays too much stress on
hams it up
gives color to
makes a performance of
plays on heartstrings
plays to the gallery
plays to gallery
wears down
pulls the longbow
makes a thing of
makes a thing about
runs riot
drives oneself
talks big
goes overboard
bites off too much
runs into the ground
goes too far
makes something out of nothing
goes on and on about
goes over the top about
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Verb
▲
To tell an untruth or falsehood
lies
fibs
fabricates
prevaricates
prevaricateth
dissimulates
deceives
deludes
falsifies
misleads
bluffs
exaggerates
misrepresents
cons
dissembles
equivocates
hoaxes
hoodwinks
misinforms
perjures
pretends
beguiles
dupes
misguides
misspeaks
misstates
tricks
bulls
distorts
forswears
fudges
gaslights
misinstructs
overdraws
palters
perverts
snows
tells a falsehood
tells an untruth
concocts a story
departs from the truth
strings along
tells a lie
tells stories
bears false witness
breaks promise
commits perjury
fakes it
forswears oneself
has on
makes up a story
perjures oneself
puts on the wrong track
says something untrue
tells untruths
throws off the scent
invents a story
puts on
puts up a front
sends on a wild goose chase
tells a terminological inexactitude
leads astray
BSes
tells a white lie
lacks candor
fakes
invents
lies under oath
swears falsely
concocts
jives
feigns
promotes
kids
shovels
plants
makes up
trumps up
tells a fib
creates fiction
speaks with forked tongue
tells a little white lie
pulls someone's leg
pulls the wool over someone's eyes
forges
bamboozles
leads on
takes in
fools
misdirects
snookers
suckers
cozens
burns
buffaloes
takes for a ride
does a number on
sucks in
fakes out
leads up the garden path
simulates
hatches
scams
disinforms
tells untruth
hoses
swindles
bilks
counterfeits
shafts
inveigles
cheats
gaffs
hornswoggles
creates out of thin air
defrauds
outfoxes
spoofs
juggles
humbugs
gammons
has
propagandizes
US
coins
betrays
outwits
ropes in
propagandises
UK
gives someone a bum steer
gives the wrong impression
wrong steers
leads down the garden path
victimises
UK
double-crosses
mousetraps
ensnares
puts on an act
catches
puts on false front
covers up
victimizes
US
baits
pulls one's leg
gulls
pulls a swifty on
pulls a fast one on
lies to
puts up smoke screen
gives wrong information to
rips off
dreams up
conjures up
takes advantage of
plays for a sucker
diddles
entraps
devises
illudes
bunks
rooks
leads up garden path
puts one over on
entangles
imposes on
overreaches
plays trick on
enmeshes
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Verb
▲
To speak in a manner that is exaggerated and typically not sincere
lays it on
exaggerates
overstates
embellishes
embroiders
overdoes
piles on
overdoes it
soft-soaps
embellishes the truth
gives fulsome praise
hams it up
pays extravagant compliments
piles it on
sweet-talks
lays it on thick
lays on with a trowel
lays it on with a trowel
lays it on with a shovel
overstates the case
Verb
▲
To talk extravagantly and imaginatively about
romances
fantasises
UK
fantasizes
US
gushes
romanticises
UK
romanticizes
US
idealises
UK
idealizes
US
sentimentalises
UK
sentimentalizes
US
daydreams
dreams
exaggerates
lies
rhapsodises
UK
rhapsodizes
US
swoons
moons
makes up stories
tells stories
thinks romantically
builds castles in the air
looks at through rose-colored glasses
views through rose-tinted glasses
lets your imagination run away with you
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