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
Klazina	klah-ZEE-nah	Dutch
Alte (2)	-	Frisian
Prochoros	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Oiva	OY-vah	Finnish
SØLvi	-	Norwegian
Liesl	-	German