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pull the long bow

pull the long bow verb: synonym of draw the long bow (“to exaggerate; to tell tall tales”).

Verb

pull the long bow (third-person singular simple present pulls the long bow, present participle pulling the long bow, simple past and past participle pulled the long bow)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of draw the long bow (“to exaggerate; to tell tall tales”).

Synonyms of pull the long bow

Forms of pull the long bow

third-person singular presentpulls the long bow
present participlepulling the long bow
past participlepulled the long bow
pastpulled the long bow

Questions about pull the long bow

What does pull the long bow mean?
Pull the long bow means synonym of draw the long bow (“to exaggerate; to tell tall tales”).
What part of speech is pull the long bow?
Pull the long bow is a verb.
What is the past tense of pull the long bow?
The past tense of pull the long bow is pulled the long bow.

Words near pull the long bow in the dictionary

  1. pull the fat out of the fire
  2. pull the fire alarm
  3. pull the football
  4. pull the ladder up after oneself
  5. pull the ladder up behind oneself
  6. pull the long bow
  7. pull the other leg
  8. pull the other one
  9. pull the other one, it's got bells on
  10. pull the other one, it's got brass bells on
  11. pull the pin

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