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lie
tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
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beat around the bush, equivocate, palter, prevaricate, tergiversate
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
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amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
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sandbag
downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling
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betray, deceive, lead astray
cause someone to believe an untruth
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romance
tell romantic or exaggerated lies
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perjure
knowingly tell an untruth in a legal court and render oneself guilty of perjury
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fib
tell a relatively insignificant lie
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impersonate, personate, pose
pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
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bamboozle, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow
conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
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overemphasise, overemphasize, overstress
place special or excessive emphasis on
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befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in
fool or hoax
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blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt
show off
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aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad
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