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fib
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a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive
- the claim that everyday living would be impossible without at least a few innocent fibs
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fib
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to make a statement one knows to be untrue
- Bob fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away.
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lie, prevaricate, equivocate, palter, fib mean to tell an untruth. lie is the blunt term, imputing dishonesty.
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- lied about where he had been
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- during the hearings the witness did his best to prevaricate
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- equivocated endlessly in an attempt to mislead her inquisitors
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- a swindler paltering with his investors
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- fibbed about the price of the new suit
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