stretch the truth

THESAURUS

stretch the truth

aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, be untruthful, build up, burlesque, caricature, carry too far, deceive, draw the longbow, equivocate, exaggerate, falsify, fib, go to extremes, hyperbolize, lay it on, lie, lie flatly, magnify, make much of, mislead, overcharge, overdo, overdraw, overestimate, overpraise, overreach, overreact, oversell, overspeak, overstate, overstress, pile it on, prevaricate, puff, speak falsely, story, stretch, talk big, talk in superlatives, tell a lie, tout, travesty