bend the truth (English, verb)
expansion: bend the truth (third-person singular simple present bends the truth, present participle bending the truth, simple past and past participle bent the truth)
Senses:
glosses: To change or leave out certain facts of a story or situation, generally in order to elicit a specific response in the audience.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: bends the truth
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bending the truth
tags: participle
present
form: bent the truth
tags: participle
past
form: bent the truth
tags: past