stretch the truth

VERB

embroider

Synonyms

STRONGEST

embellish

STRONG

aggrandize amplify color distend dramatize elaborate enhance enlarge expand falsify fudge heighten hyperbolize lie magnify overdo overemphasize overestimate overstate pad puff romanticize stretch

WEAK

blow-up build up make federal case make mountain out of molehill overelaborate overembellish play up spread on thick yeast

Antonyms

STRONG

abridge compress condense contract curtail decrease diminish lessen lower reduce shorten shrink simplify

VERB

fib

Synonyms

STRONG

concoct equivocate fabricate falsify invent jive palter plant prevaricate promote shovel

WEAK

create fiction make up speak with forked tongue tell a little white lie trump up

Antonyms

STRONG

tell the truth

WEAK

be honest

Example Sentences

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Had that ruling held, Bollinger said, it would have set a “dangerous precedent for consumer protection laws” by emboldening music advertisers to stretch the truth.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2022

Q: Did you and Steve Jobs ever feel like you had to stretch the truth during Apple’s early days?

From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2022

And Theranos, which dissolved in 2018, is likely to stand as a warning to other Silicon Valley start-ups that stretch the truth to score funding and business deals.

From New York Times • Jan. 3, 2022

"Ruffo was known to be a storyteller, someone who liked to stretch the truth, and had a desire to impress others," investigators said.

From Fox News • Oct. 7, 2021

I learn to stretch the truth and give answers that let people draw conclusions that might not be exactly true.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

stretch the truth

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