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Definitions

trump up

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belie

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distort gloss over mislead misstate

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color conceal disguise falsify garble hide misrepresent pervert twist warp

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give the lie to miscolor

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disclose divulge expose lay bare let out open represent reveal show straighten tell uncover unmask

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attest be honest prove

VERB

coin

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brainstorm compose conceive contrive counterfeit fabricate forge formulate frame manufacture mint mold originate spark spitball stamp strike

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dream up head trip make up make up off the top of one's head think up

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demolish destroy ruin stop wreck

VERB

conceive

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design develop devise dream up envision formulate originate produce realize visualize

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brainstorm cogitate consider contrive envisage fancy feature form image imagine meditate ponder project purpose ruminate spark speculate

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become pregnant cook up depicture head trip make up spitball think up

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end result

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destroy dismiss disregard forget ignore neglect ruin stop

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abort misunderstand not believe

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construct

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build up compose create design erect establish fashion forge form formulate found manufacture organize produce put up set up shape

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compound constitute elevate engineer envision fabricate frame imagine invent make prefab raise rear

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cobble up cook up dream up fudge together hammer out hoke up put out put together throw together throw up uprear whip up

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destroy disarrange disorder disorganize end neglect ruin

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abandon decrease demolish demote deny depress drop lessen lower raze refuse stop tell the truth

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annihilate break dismantle

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contrive

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concoct devise dream up fabricate improvise manipulate

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construct create engineer fashion forge form formulate frame handle hatch make manufacture move plan plot project rig scheme vamp wangle

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come up with cook up make up throw together whip up

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break destroy discourage dissuade forget neglect raze ruin stop

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demolish disorganize waste wreck

VERB

devise

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arrange come up with concoct construct craft create design discover forge formulate hatch invent mastermind prepare work out

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ad-lib blueprint brainstorm cast chart cogitate contrive form frame imagine improvise intrigue machinate plan plot project scheme shape spark vamp

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cook up dope out fake it get off head trip make up play it by ear think up throw together whip up

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destroy disorder disorganize ruin

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forget ignore neglect stop

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borrow

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distort

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alter belie deceive disfigure mangle misconstrue misinterpret misrepresent pervert twist warp

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angle bend bias buckle change collapse color con contort crush curve decline deteriorate deviate doctor fake fudge garble gnarl knot lie melt sag scam slant slump snow torture whitewash wind wrench writhe

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make out like misshape phony up put one on

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be honest preserve straighten

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ascend build improve increase keep represent rise smooth stay tell the truth

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beautify shape nicely straight

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fabricate

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concoct contrive counterfeit fake fudge invent misrepresent

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coin devise feign fib forge form jive lie pretend prevaricate

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make like

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tell the truth

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be honest

WEAK

break demolish destroy ruin wreck

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falsify

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contradict contravene counterfeit deceive distort exaggerate fake forge misstate pervert tamper with

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adulterate belie change color con contort cook deny doctor embroider equivocate fib garble gloss lie misquote palter prevaricate promote salt traverse twist warp

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deacon dress up fake it four-flush frame up phony up put on an act

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agree approve be honest

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clean explain hurt purify represent straighten tell the truth

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fancy

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visualize

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believe conceive conjecture envisage envision fantasize feature guess image infer phantom picture realize reckon spark spitball suppose surmise think vision

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be inclined to think dream up head trip make up make up off top of one's head think likely think up

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fib

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concoct equivocate fabricate falsify invent jive palter plant prevaricate promote shovel

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create fiction make up speak with forked tongue stretch the truth tell a little white lie

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tell the truth

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be honest

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forge

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falsify produce

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coin copy design duplicate fabricate fake fashion feign frame imitate invent make pirate reproduce scratch trace transcribe

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phony up

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be original destroy raze ruin stop tell the truth

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hatch

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breed come up with conceive concoct devise dream up formulate incubate invent originate spawn

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bear brainstorm brood cause contrive design engender generate induce make occasion parent plot prepare procreate produce project provoke scheme set sire spitball

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bring forth cook up get up give birth lay eggs make up think up throw together whip up work up

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destroy

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discourage disorganize dissuade end finish halt hinder kill neglect prevent refuse ruin stop

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invent

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concoct forge

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equivocate fake falsify feign fib lie misrepresent misstate pretend prevaricate simulate vamp

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conjure up create out of thin air make believe make up tell a white lie tell untruth think up

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be honest tell the truth

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steal

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machinate

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cogitate collude connive conspire contrive design devise engineer finagle hatch intrigue invent plan promote scheme wangle

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come up with play games pull strings

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disorganize forget ignore neglect

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leave alone

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make up

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ad-lib blend coin combine compose compound concoct construct contrive cook up devise dream up fabricate fabulize fake it fashion fictionalize fix formulate frame fuse hatch improv improvise invent join knock off make meld merge mingle mix originate play by ear prepare pretend put together ready storify whip up wing it write

Antonyms

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be real tell the truth

VERB

manufacture

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create fabricate produce

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contrive devise hatch

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cook up make up think up

Antonyms

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destroy ruin

VERB

misrepresent

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confuse cover up disguise distort exaggerate falsify misinterpret misstate overstate skew

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adulterate angle beard belie blarney cheese cloak color con dress embellish embroider equivocate garble mangle mask overdraw palter pervert pirate prevaricate promote puff slant snow stretch twist warp

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blow smoke build up miscolor misreport phony up

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be honest leave alone represent reveal straighten uncover

VERB

misrepresent/misquote

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adulterate angle beard belie build up cloak color con confuse cover up disguise distort dress embellish embroider equivocate exaggerate falsify garble give snow job mangle mask miscolor misinterpret misreport misstate overdraw overstate palter pervert phony up pirate prevaricate promote puff skew slant snow spread it on stretch take out of context throw a curve twist warp

Antonyms

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be forthright be honest explain

VERB

rig

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falsify fix manipulate tamper with

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doctor engineer fake juggle

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fiddle with

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Prosecutors have accused the defense of trying to turn the case into a trial on USC's admissions policies instead of whether the parents agreed to lie and trump up their kids' athletic credentials.

From Fox News • Sep. 8, 2021

Prosecutors have accused the defense of trying to turn the case into a trial on USC’s admissions policies instead of whether the parents agreed to lie and trump up their kids’ athletic credentials.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2021

“They did it ‘without cause’ so they wouldn’t be judged on what they tried to trump up on me,” Parker said.

From Washington Times • Aug. 19, 2020

“We don’t just trump up charges on people so that we can hold them,” Dunlap said, adding that he didn’t buy into stereotypes about immigrants.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2015

I tried to say something, to trump up an excuse; my mouth opened wide but no words came out.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

trump up

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