| misstate(verb, promote, influence, fake, plant) |
| overact(verb, act, abuse, misuse, overdo) |
| prevaricate(verb, promote, favor, create, fake) |
| romanticize(verb, inflate, elaborate, embellish, overstress) |
| sharpen(verb, advance, increase, raise, rise) |
| strengthen(verb, get, advance, increase, develop) |
| talk big(verb, expression, blow, strain, fake) |
| boost(verb, get, advance, increase, develop) |
| emphasize(verb, increase, severe, corrupt, strengthen) |
| pile it on(verb, expression, idiom) |
| play up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, elaborate, amplify) |
| sensationalize(verb, embellish) |
| adulterate(verb, promote, fake, twist, alter) |
| advance(verb, get, increase, promote, raise) |
| augment(verb, get, advance, increase, develop) |
| ballyhoo(verb, magnify, overvalue, oversell, overrate) |
| be untruthful(verb, promote, fake, plant, deceive) |
| beef up(verb, expression, increase, develop, severe) |
| blow smoke(verb, expression, blow, fake, twist) |
| bluster(verb, blow, fake, shoot, alarm) |