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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.
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See also

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

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