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THESAURUS
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lay eyes on | lay figure | lay hands on | lay in | lay into | lay it on thick | lay low | lay off | lay on | lay on the line | lay out

lay it on thick

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THESAURUS

lay it on thick

Barnumize, act a part, affect, aggrandize, amplify, assume, ballyhoo, bedaub, besmear, blarney, blow, blow off, blowhard, bombast, build up, burlesque, butter, butter up, caricature, carry too far, coat, counterfeit, dab, daub, do a bit, dramatize, draw the longbow, enamel, exaggerate, fake, feign, get around, gild, gloss, go to extremes, histrionize, honey, hyperbolize, inflate, jolly, kid along, lacquer, lay it on, lay on, magnify, make much of, make out like, oil, overact, overcharge, overdo, overdo it, overdraw, overestimate, overpraise, overreach, overreact, oversell, overspeak, overstate, overstress, pile it on, play, play a part, play a scene, play up to, playact, pontificate, pretend, prime, puff, put on, put on airs, sham, shoot the shit, simulate, slap on, slather, smear, smear on, soap, soft-soap, soften up, spread on, spread with, stretch, stretch the truth, string along, stroke, talk big, talk highfalutin, talk in superlatives, tar, tout, travesty, tug the heartstrings, undercoat, vapor, wear

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lay it on thick

Covering

VB cover, superpose, superimpose, overlay, overspread, wrap, encase, incase, face, case, veneer, pave, paper, tip, cap, bind, bulkhead, bulkhead in, clapboard, coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar, wash, besmear, bedaub, anoint, do over, gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash, parget, lay it on thick, overlie, overarch, endome, conceal, anodize, galvanize.

Flattery

VB flatter, praise to the skies, puff, wheedle, cajole, glaver, coax, fawn upon, faun upon, humor, gloze, soothe, pet, coquet, slaver, butter, jolly, bespatter, beslubber, beplaster, beslaver, lay it on thick, overpraise, earwig, cog, collogue, truckle to, pander to, pandar to, suck up to, kiss the ass of, pay court to, court, creep into the good graces of, curry favor with, hang on the sleeve of, fool to the top of one's bent, lick the dust, lay the flattering unction to one's soul, gild the pill, make things pleasant, overestimate, exaggerate.


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