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stretch the truth


These are words and phrases related to stretch the truth. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of stretch the truth.

TO SAY SOMETHING NOT TRUE IN ORDER TO DECEIVE


I have published a book that sold very well, but it's stretching the truth to say that I was on the best-seller lists.

Synonyms and examples


lie
All she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says.
tell a lie
I cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree.
lie through your teeth
informal
He lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it.
fib
informal
I don't like fibbing, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying his gift was awful.
mislead
I'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married.
delude
He's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion.
invent
There's no need to invent excuses for not going - just decline the invitation.
concoct
She concocted the wildest stories to get out of attending class.
feed someone a line
disapproving
He fed me some line about how his dog was sick and cancelled our date.
make something up
You never met The Beatles! You're just making that up.
fabricate
The suspects admited to having fabricated their alibis on the night of the robbery and were charged with grand theft.
distort
Reporters have distorted the facts of the case so badly, and influenced the jury through their bad reporting, that the judge has declared a mistrial.
twist
disapproving
She accused her opponent of twisting the truth about her time in Parliament.
misrepresent
I have been misrepresented by my opponent as a socialist when nothing could be further from the truth.
put something about/around
UKinformal
She put it about that her husband was going to be knighted.
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If you lie, you say something that is untrue in order to deceive someone.

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stretch the truth


verb
These are words and phrases related to stretch the truth. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of stretch the truth.

PREVARICATE


Synonyms


prevaricate
lie
fib
dissemble
perjure
deceive
palter
be untruthful
tell a story
tell a tall story
be evasive
falsify
misstate
fake
hoodwink
counterfeit
misrepresent
mislead
distort

LIE


Synonyms


fib
embellish
embroider
romance
equivocate
misstate
lie
perjure oneself
prevaricate
falsify
speak falsely
fabricate
tell untruths
forswear oneself

FIB


Synonyms


fib
lie
tell a white lie
tell a half-truth
prevaricate
equivocate
hedge
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