MeanOF

embroider

- verb (v)

Meaning: add fancy stitching, adornment

- verb (v)

Meaning: exaggerate information

Synonyms: aggrandize amplify blow-up build up color distend dramatize elaborate embellish enhance enlarge expand falsify fudge heighten hyperbolize lie magnify make federal case make mountain out of molehill overdo overelaborate overembellish overemphasize overestimate overstate pad play up puff romanticize spread on thick stretch stretch the truth yeast

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