the whole story
Nothing left out
All the relevant facts and circumstances, not just a partial account.
Someone who shares only flattering details isn't telling the whole story.
The phrase often implies something is being left out: There's more to the whole story than she's letting on.
It can also mean a complete narrative: I want to hear the whole story from the beginning.
- backgroundOne's formative experiences
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- narrationVerbal account delivery
- accuracyDegree of correctness
- climaxPoint of greatest intensity
honesty · objectivity · transparency · interpretation · behind the scenes · history · causality · scope · evidence · reliability · disclosure · tell all · truth · completeness · bare facts · fairness · implications · resolution
the whole storymisinformation
False data spread unintentionally
spin · propaganda · selective truth · deception · revisionist history
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