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