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What is another word for
stretch the truth
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To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court
To speak in a manner that is exaggerated and typically not sincere
To talk extravagantly and imaginatively about
To give an impression of greater importance than is justified
Verb
▲
To knowingly and willfully make a false statement of witness while in court
perjure
fabricate
prevaricate
falsify
equivocate
deceive
lie
delude
mislead
trick
forswear
commit perjury
bear false witness
be economical with the truth
swear falsely
lie under oath
misrepresent
fib
exaggerate
con
dissemble
dissimulate
pretend
misstate
palter
fudge
misspeak
distort
tell stories
tell untruths
depart from the truth
tell a lie
make up a story
not tell the truth
forswear oneself
invent a story
tell a terminological inexactitude
fake
feign
invent
concoct
jive
kid
plant
trump up
make up
speak with forked tongue
create fiction
pull the wool over someone's eyes
pull someone's leg
tell a little white lie
tell a fib
bluff
hoax
misinform
hoodwink
beguile
misguide
dupe
overdraw
snow
bull
misinstruct
pervert
gaslight
tell a falsehood
tell an untruth
fake it
put up a front
lead astray
concoct a story
have on
be forsworn
string along
give the wrong impression
lie through one's teeth
BS
say something untrue
put on
send on a wild goose chase
be untruthful
break promise
make believe
throw off the scent
not speak the truth
put on the wrong track
tell a white lie
perjure oneself
lack candor
forge
color
US
misinterpret
bend
slant
misreport
colour
UK
misrelate
belie
fool
misquote
bamboozle
snooker
cozen
sucker
gaff
hornswoggle
gull
have
humbug
spoof
burn
gammon
buffalo
juggle
put a spin on
catch
manipulate
phony up
warp
cook
twist
garble
take in
suck in
cover up
lead down the garden path
fake out
take for a ride
simulate
hatch
bias
disguise
skew
adulterate
embroider
embellish
tell untruth
misdirect
create out of thin air
disinform
promote
cheat
swindle
doublespeak
bilk
propagandize
US
defraud
outwit
betray
quote out of context
mousetrap
propagandise
UK
tell lies
lie to
take out of context
give wrong information to
lead up the garden path
put on an act
give someone a bum steer
wrong steer
put up smoke screen
spin a yarn
put on false front
do a number on
bait and switch
pull one's leg
lead on
double-cross
put one over on
double-talk
dream up
conjure up
phony
US
prejudice
devise
spin
do
flimflam
phoney
UK
four-flush
misconstrue
whitewash
put the wrong slant on
scam
hose
illude
inveigle
shaft
outfox
rook
bunk
ensnare
victimize
US
overreach
entangle
enmesh
victimise
UK
caboodle
bait
impose on
overstate
rip off
pull a swifty on
lead up garden path
play trick on
pull a fast one on
rope in
confuse
strain
mangle
angle
miscolor
conceal
cloak
stretch
mask
dress
puff
travesty
parody
blow smoke
give a false idea of
pass off
build up
give a false account of
alter
doctor
change
rig
fiddle
fix
massage
corrupt
counterfeit
contort
debase
vitiate
gloss
deacon
tamper with
frame up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To speak in a manner that is exaggerated and typically not sincere
lay it on
exaggerate
overstate
embellish
embroider
overdo
pile on
overdo it
over-praise
soft-soap
embellish the truth
give fulsome praise
ham it up
pay extravagant compliments
pile it on
sweet-talk
lay it on thick
lay on with a trowel
lay it on with a trowel
lay it on with a shovel
overstate the case
Verb
▲
To talk extravagantly and imaginatively about
romance
fantasise
UK
fantasize
US
gush
romanticise
UK
romanticize
US
idealise
UK
idealize
US
sentimentalise
UK
sentimentalize
US
daydream
dream
exaggerate
lie
rhapsodise
UK
rhapsodize
US
swoon
moon
make up stories
tell stories
think romantically
be economical with the truth
build castles in the air
look at through rose-colored glasses
view through rose-tinted glasses
let your imagination run away with you
imagine
envision
visualize
US
visualise
UK
envisage
ideate
fancy
hallucinate
woolgather
indulge in fantasy
build castles in Spain
indulge in wool-gathering
build castles in air
live in a dream world
indulge in fancy
give free rein to the imagination
muse
pretend
make believe
act romantically
be in love
be romantic
be head over heels
lose your head
glorify
deify
apotheosize
glamorize
US
venerate
ennoble
fetishize
glamourize
magnify
exalt
idolize
US
worship
admire
overemphasize
US
glamorise
UK
idolise
UK
overemphasise
UK
put on a pedestal
be unrealistic about
paint a rosy picture of
glamour up
look at something through rose-tinted spectacles
picture
see
conceive
vision
image
conceit
fantasy
feature
contrive
conjure up
play-act
see visions
head trip
trip out
make-believe
more ❯
Verb
▲
To give an impression of greater importance than is justified
inflate
exaggerate
embellish
amplify
magnify
overstate
embroider
overemphasise
UK
overemphasize
US
hyperbolize
overplay
dramatise
UK
dramatize
US
overdo
pad
stretch
elaborate
expand
overestimate
aggrandize
enlarge
emphasise
UK
emphasize
US
boost
enhance
exalt
augment
pyramid
intensify
increase
escalate
extend
swell
balloon
bloat
fill
maximise
UK
maximize
US
spread
widen
blow up
build up
blow up out of all proportion
blow something out of all proportion
touch up
make a big thing out of
flesh out
pump up
beef up
drive up
swell up
colour
UK
color
US
make a mountain out of a molehill
fudge
heighten
falsify
overdraw
catastrophize
puff
lie
oversell
romanticize
US
overpitch
romanticise
UK
elaborate on
lay it on thick
make too much of something
over-elaborate
make a big thing of
pile it on
lay it on with a trowel
add colour
lay it on with a shovel
draw the longbow
shoot a line
make a drama out of a crisis
overstress
distort
overvalue
misrepresent
misreport
fabricate
brag
boast
misquote
hike
corrupt
up
overexaggerate
caricature
romance
scam
put on
make a federal case of
lay on
make a production out of
cook up
blow out of proportion
pretty up
go to extremes
loud talk
pile it on about
lay it on thick about
big up
lay it on with a trowel about
varnish
gild
overembellish
overelaborate
dress up
add detail to
add flesh to
play up
make federal case
enlarge on
blow-up
jazz up
exaggerate information
make a song and dance about
make a fuss
make a big deal out of something
develop
expand on
fill out
add to
detail
accentuate
supplement
expatiate
stress
spin
belabour
UK
labor
US
labour
UK
belabor
US
refine
underline
impress
highlight
perfect
improve
strain
polish
dwell on
reinforce
give details
harp on
expound on
dilate on
go on about
build on
attach too much weight to
lay too much emphasis on
harp on about
point up
place too much emphasis on
attach too much importance to
dilate upon
drive home
pad out
go on
interlard
expound
evolve
explicate
exploit
utilize
US
build
explain
give substance to
raise
dilate
utilise
UK
multiply
lengthen
broaden
round out
enlarge upon
perform
compound
strengthen
accelerate
act
supersize
playact
melodramatize
stage
burlesque
present
stoke
execute
show
sensationalize
US
splash
produce
sensationalise
UK
hype
put flesh on the bones of
improve on
deepen
consolidate
redouble
grace
coat
ham it up
ham up
add
adorn
deck
brighten
enrich
spin out
stretch out
eke out
play-act
garnish
beautify
ornament
bedeck
paint
begild
plate
lay it on
step up
make a production of
aureate
expatiate on
play to the gallery
play to gallery
jack up
hike up
make a performance of
amp up
give color to
turn up
play on heartstrings
soup up
ginger up
sugar-coat
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