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shoot a line
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. shoot a line - show off boast, brag, gasconade, vaunt, tout, gas, bluster, swash, blowpuff - speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"crow, gloat, triumph - dwell on with satisfaction |
shoot a line
shoot a lineold-fashioned To say something that is exaggeratedly boastful or untrue. Primarily heard in UK. Even then, the ageing poet was shooting a line about his supposedly "humble origins," when in fact he had grown up in a relatively prosperous home. The MP once again shot a line about the dangers of same-sex marriage, while offering nothing in the way of facts, statistics, or credible arguments.See also: line, shootshoot a line BRITISH, OLD-FASHIONEDIf someone shoots a line, they say something that is exaggerated or untrue. He shot a line about needing new staff for his office.See also: line, shootshoot a line describe something in an exaggerated, untruthful, or boastful way. British informalSee also: line, shootshoot a line
Synonyms for shoot a lineverb show offSynonyms- boast
- brag
- gasconade
- vaunt
- tout
- gas
- bluster
- swash
- blow
Related Words- puff
- exaggerate
- hyperbolise
- hyperbolize
- overstate
- amplify
- magnify
- overdraw
- crow
- gloat
- triumph
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