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To exaggerate, often to the point where the truth is obscured or lost.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
չափազանցնել
(čʻapʻazancʻnel)
— idioms: to exaggerate
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Armenian:
գույները խտացնել
(guynerə xtacʻnel)
— idioms: to exaggerate
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Bashkir:
арттырыу
(arttırıw)
— idioms: to exaggerate
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Chinese Mandarin:
言過其實 /言过其实
(yánguòqíshí)
— idioms: to exaggerate
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Chinese Mandarin:
誇張 /夸张
(kuāzhāng)
— idioms: to exaggerate
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Finnish:
venyttää totuutta
— idioms: to exaggerate
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French:
abuser
— idioms: to exaggerate
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French:
charrier
— idioms: to exaggerate
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French:
en faire des caisses
— idioms: to exaggerate
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French:
exagérer
— idioms: to exaggerate
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French:
pousser le bouchon
— idioms: to exaggerate
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German:
mit der Wahrheit großzügig umgehen
— idioms: to exaggerate
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Portuguese:
exagerar a verdade
— idioms: to exaggerate
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Russian:
преувели́чивать
(preuvelíčivatʹ)
— idioms: to exaggerate
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Russian:
сгуща́ть кра́ски
(sguščátʹ kráski)
— idioms: to exaggerate
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Russian:
извраща́ть пра́вду
(izvraščátʹ právdu)
— idioms: to exaggerate
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Spanish:
exagerar
— idioms: to exaggerate
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Vietnamese:
bẻ cong sự thật
— idioms: to exaggerate
