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Synonyms for go to extremes
verb do too muchexaggerate
verb. overstate, embellish
- amplify
- blow out of proportion
- boast
- boost
- brag
- build up
- caricature
- color
- cook up
- corrupt
- distort
- embroider
- emphasize
- enlarge
- exalt
- expand
- fabricate
- falsify
- fudge
- go to extremes
- heighten
- hike
- hyperbolize
- inflate
- intensify
- lay it on thick
- lie
- loud talk
- magnify
- make too much of
- misquote
- misreport
- misrepresent
- overdo
- overdraw
- overemphasize
- overestimate
- pad
- pretty up
- puff
- put on
- pyramid
- romance
- romanticize
- scam
- stretch
- up
exaggerating
verb. overstate, embellish
- amplify
- blow out of proportion
- boast
- boost
- brag
- build up
- caricature
- color
- cook up
- corrupt
- distort
- embroider
- emphasize
- enlarge
- exalt
- expand
- fabricate
- falsify
- fudge
- go to extremes
- heighten
- hike
- hyperbolize
- inflate
- intensify
- lay it on thick
- lie
- loud talk
- magnify
- make too much of
- misquote
- misreport
- misrepresent
- overdo
- overdraw
- overemphasize
- overestimate
- pad
- pretty up
- puff
- put on
- pyramid
- romance
- romanticize
- scam
- stretch
- up
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