exaggerate
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Sense: Verb: overstate
Synonyms:
overstate, embellish, embroider, overdo, overemphasize, overemphasise , distort Collocations, hyperbolize , hyperbolise , stretch Collocations, stretch the truth, misrepresent, inflate, expand Collocations, amplify, heighten, intensify, romanticize, romanticise , pretty up , build up, blow up , color Collocations, colour , play up , draw attention to, lay it on , lay it on thick , make a mountain out of a molehill, blow sth out of proportion, make a big thing of , make a big deal of , make too much of, make much of, hype up
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