Definitions

spin a yarn

VERB

relate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

describe detail disclose present reveal

STRONG

chronicle depict divulge express impart itemize narrate particularize picture recite recount rehearse report retell sling spill state tell track verbalize

WEAK

break a story clue one in get off one's chest give the word lay it on the line let one's hair down run down run through set forth shoot the breeze spill the beans

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal hide misrepresent suppress withhold

STRONG

keep

WEAK

dissociate

Example Sentences

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Miller can still spin a yarn some four years after retiring following a 30-year run as NBC’s unfiltered lead analyst.

From Washington Times • Jun. 14, 2023

Spoiler alert: Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen are likable guys, who can spin a yarn.

From Slate • Mar. 12, 2021

“To me, there is probably not a greater storyteller as a play-by-play person. He can spin a yarn like nobody else, and it made games definitely more enjoyable to watch.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2017

Jim Comey knows how to spin a yarn.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2016

This is almost invariably true, even when he sets out to spin a yarn for the story's simple sake.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Ingersoll, Robert Green

spin a yarn

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