stretch the truth

and stretch the point; stretch it

Fig. to exaggerate. When he claimed to have a Ph.D., he was stretching the truth. Sally tends to stretch the point when telling tales about her wild teenage years.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Beverly	BEV-ər-lee	English
Dana (1)	DAH-nah (Czech, Slovak, German)	Romanian, Czech, Slovak, German, Hebrew
Hortense	or-TAWNS (French)	French, English
Wystan	-	English (Rare)
Aliya (2)	-	Hebrew
Annunziato	-	Italian (Rare)