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A retelling or account of events, especially a fictional or exaggerated one.
yarn
tall story
1
So why do we need to embellish, to build a
tall
tale
?
2
Given the tensions of the times, this
tall
tale
was, on occasion, believed.
3
Many say it's a harmless and fun
tall
tale
worth celebrating.
4
The mischievous Michael Gambon has been known to spin the odd
tall
tale
.
5
The tardy must make do with a substitute and invent another
tall
tale
.
6
That's a fantasy, a
tall
tale
,
and a heresy at that!
7
That's a
tall
tale
you're spinning, and I don't believe it for a second.
8
But what I do not believe is your
tall
tale
about a buried treasure.
9
The photoshopped memes of a bygone era:
tall
tale
postcards.
10
Ziegler draws gingerly upon this source, always aware of Sitwell's love of a
tall
tale
.
11
Charlie Sumners thought the whole thing was a fabrication on Meyer's part, just another
tall
tale
.
12
I didn't think any less of you for telling me a bit of a
tall
tale
.
13
And now a
tall
tale
from Wellington Zoo.
14
To tell you the truth, Pendergast, I'd rather suspected it of being just another Holmesian
tall
tale
.
15
His
tall
tale
was entirely made up.
16
It sounds a fairly
tall
tale
,
but we've heard taller from chaps who were at the front.
tall
tale
tall