| be dramatic |
| build up(verb, expression, inflate, falsify, distort) |
| color(verb, inflate, falsify, distort, magnify) |
| embellish(verb, inflate, falsify, distort, magnify) |
| exaggerate(verb, corrupt, color, embellish, overstate) |
| falsify(verb, corrupt, inflate, distort, magnify) |
| lie(verb, inflate, falsify, distort, magnify) |
| overstress(verb, goose, exaggerate, overstate, overdo) |
| puff(verb, inflate, falsify, distort, magnify) |
| put on(verb, expression, fabricate, inflate, falsify) |
| romanticize(verb, inflate, falsify, distort, magnify) |
| maximize |
| lay on(expression, embellish, overstress, overstate) |
| lay on thick(verb, expression, idiom, falsify, magnify) |
| laying it on thick(verb, expression, idiom, falsify, magnify) |
| make a mountain out of a molehill(expression, idiom, embellish, overstress, overstate) |
| overemploy |
| romancing(verb, goose, falsify, magnify, amplify) |
| overplay |