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stretch the truth
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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, travestyFor further exploring for "stretch the truth" in Webster Dictionary Online