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stretches the truth

stretches the truth is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 stretches the truth

What is stretches the truth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Stretches the truth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of stretch the truth.

Words near stretches the truth in the dictionary

  1. stretches the envelope
  2. stretches the envolope
  3. stretches the long bow
  4. stretches the point
  5. stretches the rules
  6. stretches the truth
  7. stretches thin
  8. stretchest
  9. stretcheth
  10. stretchflation
  11. stretchflations

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