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单词 stretch a/the point
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stretch a/the point

to make a claim that is not completely true, or to do something that goes further than what is considered to be reasonable:

They claim to be the biggest company in the world, which is stretching a point.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Exaggerating & playing down

  • alarmist
  • blow sth out of proportion idiom
  • drama queen
  • dramatize
  • exaggeration
  • lard
  • lay
  • make a meal (out) of sth idiom
  • make much of sth idiom
  • make sth of sth
  • meal
  • over-egg the pudding idiom
  • overboard
  • overplay
  • overstatement
  • pad
  • pudding
  • stretch
  • stretch the truth idiom
  • understatement

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