spin a long yarn
werkwoord
Roget 549:
exaggerate,
magnify,
pile up,
aggravate;
amplify
etc.
(expand)
194;
overestimate
etc.
482;
hyperbolize;
overcharge,
overstate,
overdraw,
overlay,
overshoot the mark,
overpraise;
make over much,
over the most of;
strain,
strain over a point;
stretch,
stretch a point;
go great lengths;
spin a long yarn;
draw with a longbow,
shoot with a longbow;
deal in the marvelous.
out-Herod Herod,
run riot,
talk at random.
heighten,
overcolor†;
color highly,
color too highly;
broder†;
flourish;
color
etc.
(misrepresent)
544;
puff
etc.
(boast)
884.
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Roget 573:
be diffuse
etc.
adj.;
run out on,
descant,
expatiate,
enlarge,
dilate,
amplify,
expand,
inflate;
launch out,
branch out;
rant.
maunder,
prose;
harp upon
etc.
(repeat)
104;
dwell on,
insist upon.
digress,
ramble,
battre la campagne [Fr.],
beat about the bush,
perorate,
spin a long yarn,
protract;
spin out,
swell out,
draw out;
battologize†.
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