| make out like(verb, expression, idiom, assume, pretend) |
| manipulate(verb, influence, trick, charm, persuade) |
| misrepresent(verb, fabricate, inflate, falsify, distort) |
| mug(verb, abuse, misuse, exaggerate, overstate) |
| overact(verb, abuse, misuse, exaggerate, overstate) |
| overdo it(verb, expression, phrasal verb, influence, trick) |
| overdoing it(verb, expression, influence, spread, charm) |
| overpraise(verb, praise, charm, persuade, stroke) |
| overstress(verb, abuse, inflate, exaggerate, embellish) |
| overuse(verb, abuse, exaggerate, embellish, overstate) |
| overwork(verb, abuse, exaggerate, embellish, overstate) |
| pad(verb, inflate, falsify, distort, magnify) |
| persuade(verb, influence, trick, charm, deceive) |
| playact(verb, assume, pretend, imitate, exaggerate) |
| point up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, abuse, exaggerate) |
| praise(verb, push, charm, persuade, stroke) |
| put up a front(verb, expression, idiom, assume, pretend) |
| romanticize(verb, inflate, falsify, distort, magnify) |
| rope in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, influence, trick) |
| salve(verb, praise, charm, persuade, stroke) |