spun a tale
Wove a narrative
To spin a tale is to tell a story, especially one that's elaborate, fanciful, or at least partly invented.
The image is of spinning thread—drawing out narrative material and twisting it into something coherent.
The phrase often implies creative embellishment or outright fabrication: He spun a tale about getting lost in the mountains.
Someone who spins tales may be an entertaining storyteller or a skilled liar.
- liedTold a falsehood
- stretched the truthExaggerated or distorted facts
- concoctedCreated by combining elements
- fictitiousNot real, invented
- fabricatedInvented, not real
invented · telling · told · made up · made it up · anecdote · once upon a time · bedtime story · whopper · fish story · myth · parable · legend · embellished · tall order · satire · yarn · metaphor