stretch the truth (English, verb)
expansion: stretch the truth (third-person singular simple present stretches the truth, present participle stretching the truth, simple past and past participle stretched the truth)
Senses:
glosses: To exaggerate, often to the point where the truth is obscured or lost.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: stretches the truth
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: stretching the truth
tags: participle
present
form: stretched the truth
tags: participle
past
form: stretched the truth
tags: past