shoot a line

Synonyms:

blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, swash, tout, vaunt

Types:

puff

speak in a blustering or scornful manner

crow, gloat, triumph

dwell on with satisfaction

congratulate, preen

pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement

Type of:

amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate

to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth