spin a tale
Craft a story
To spin a tale is to tell a story, especially an elaborate or fanciful one.
The spinning evokes thread being drawn out—a narrative extended and embellished as it unfolds.
The phrase often implies creative invention or exaggeration: My grandfather could spin a tale that kept us entertained for hours.
Someone spinning a tale may be entertaining listeners or deceiving them.
- storyAccount of events
- once upon a timeTraditional narrative opening
- fableMoral tale with animals
- yarnTwisted strand for crafts
- plotStoryline or land parcel
storytelling · misdirection · narrative · legend · embellishment · exaggeration · stretch the truth · white lie · imagination · raconteur · confabulate · fabrication · myth · make believe · climax · invention · allegory · falsehood
spin a taletell the truth
Communicate facts honestly
tell it like it is · come clean · speak plainly · confess · give testimony
spin a talecut to the chase
Skip to essentials
get to the point · keep it simple · summarize · not mince words
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