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stretched the truth

stretched the truth is the simple past and past participle of stretch the truth.

Meaning of stretch the truth

Verb

stretch the truth (third-person singular simple present stretches the truth, present participle stretching the truth, simple past and past participle stretched the truth)

  1. (idiomatic) To exaggerate, often to the point where the truth is obscured or lost.
    • It would stretch the truth, but perhaps not tear it to tatters, to say that World War II was fought over oil.1996 Fall, “From Sykes-Picot through Bandung to Oslo: Whither the Arab world?”, in Arab Studies Quarterly, volume 18, number 4, page 1

Questions about stretched the truth

What is stretched the truth the simple past and past participle of?
Stretched the truth is the simple past and past participle of stretch the truth.

Words near stretched the truth in the dictionary

  1. stretched rope
  2. stretched the envelope
  3. stretched the long bow
  4. stretched the point
  5. stretched the rules
  6. stretched the truth
  7. stretched thin
  8. stretchedness
  9. stretchedst
  10. stretcher
  11. stretcher bond

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