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| stretch the truth(idiom, color, elaborate, exaggerate) | |
| tell lies(verb, idiom) | |
| tell untruths | |
| trump up(verb, change, promote, fake) | |
| twiddle thumbs(relax, idle, drift, lazy) | |
| waste time(relax, idle, drift, lazy) | |
| while away hours(idiom, relax, idle, drift) | |
| act like(deceive, affect, suggest, pretend) | |
| bad faith(noun, display, deception, fraud) | |
| bait and switch(verb, idiom, deceive, mislead) | |
| bathe in(stumble, lurch, flounder, totter) | |
| be met with | |
| bear on(verb, cover, settle, rest) | |
| beat around bush(verb, idiom, decline, avoid) | |
| beat around the bush(idiom, shift, escape, shuffle) | |
| black eye(noun, insult, slur, offense) | |
| blow hot and cold(idiom, escape, shuffle, dodge) | |
| blow out of proportion(idiom, inflate, falsify, distort) | |
| branch off(set, cover, develop, extend) | |
| break promise(verb, tell, misguide, stat) |
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