stretch the truth
idiom
: to say something that is not exactly true : to describe something as larger or greater than it really is
He was stretching the truth to make the story more interesting.
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Hernandez won in court this spring when a jury determined that former Kansas City Manager Brian Platt sidelined Hernandez for being unwilling to stretch the truth.
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Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
Avoid argumentative individuals who stretch the truth.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024
Story-wise, your movie wouldn’t have to stretch the truth much.
—Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 19 May 2024
Some founders used that environment to stretch the truth about what their technology could do or how their business performed.
—Erin Griffith, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
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Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 16 May 2025
Avoid argumentative individuals who stretch the truth.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024
Story-wise, your movie wouldn’t have to stretch the truth much.
—Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 19 May 2024
Some founders used that environment to stretch the truth about what their technology could do or how their business performed.
—Erin Griffith, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Stretch the truth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stretch%20the%20truth. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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