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Meaning of draw the long bow | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To exaggerate; to tell tall tales.

idiomatic

Examples

“[…] Dublin residents, like those jarvies waiting news from abroad, would tempt any ancient mariner who sailed the ocean seas to draw the long bow about the schooner Hesperus and etcetera.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

draw the longbow draw the short straw draw through draw to a close draw together draw up