stretches the truth
Tells tall tales
To stretch the truth is to exaggerate or distort facts while stopping short of outright lying.
The phrase suggests pulling reality slightly out of shape rather than fabricating entirely: He stretches the truth about his accomplishments.
Someone who stretches the truth makes things sound better, worse, or more dramatic than they actually are.
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- self-promotionPublicizing one's own merits
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
- yarnTwisted strand for crafts
- telling talesRevealing others' wrongdoings
marketing tactics · embellishment · gilding the lily · sugarcoat · propaganda · misrepresentation · dishonesty · spin · hyperbole · tall tale · equivocation · euphemism · selective memory · shade · white lies · little white lie · fib · manipulation
stretches the truthfabricates
Creates falsely or manufactures
lies through one's teeth · tells tall tales · falsifies · understates · downplays
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