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
Demyan	dyem-YAHN (Russian), deem-YAHN (Russian), dem-YAHN (Ukrainian)	Russian, Ukrainian
GÖZde	-	Turkish
Estela	-	Portuguese, Spanish
Keshawn	-	African American (Modern)
Wilkinson	['wilkinsn]
Porsche	PAWR-shə	English (Modern)