Meaning of stretch the truth | Babel Free

Definitions

To exaggerate, often to the point where the truth is obscured or lost.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“It would stretch the truth, but perhaps not tear it to tatters, to say that World War II was fought over oil.”

“You think they exaggerate sometimes? You think they embellish things, stretch the truth, play loose with the facts?”

“"And you suspect them of stretching the truth? Or shrinking the truth?"”

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