Tell lies (3) |
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"I'm busy that night," often |
New York Times |
20 Mar 2024 |
Lie: tell a - |
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Lie, untruth |
The Times Concise |
11 Mar 2024 |
You could call it a pork pie |
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White lie |
Puzzler Backwords |
01 Mar 2024 |
Girl primarily broadcasting false information |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 Feb 2024 |
White lie |
LA Times Daily |
26 Feb 2024 |
Part of rebuff I believed to be a harmless lie (3) |
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Little lie |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Feb 2024 |
Little lie |
USA Today |
04 Feb 2024 |
Equivocation, maybe |
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Slight untruth |
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Little lie, but still a lie |
Family Time |
07 Jan 2024 |
Minor mistruth |
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"Sorry for my late reply; your message was in my spam folder," maybe |
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Little lie |
USA Today |
30 Dec 2023 |
Minor untruth |
Newsday |
24 Dec 2023 |
Tell tales |
Thomas Joseph |
12 Dec 2023 |
Little lie |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Nov 2023 |
Little white lie |
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Porky pie |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Nov 2023 |
Unimportant lie |
Universal |
10 Nov 2023 |
Little white lie |
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Tiny lie |
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Untruth |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 Oct 2023 |
Little lie |
USA Today |
05 Sep 2023 |
Bit of fiction |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Aug 2023 |
Itty-bitty lie |
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Little lie |
Thomas Joseph |
03 Jul 2023 |
Small lie |
Universal |
03 Jul 2023 |
Little lie |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Jun 2023 |
Little lie |
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Teeny-weeny lie |
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Small white lie |
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Small lie |
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Tell a tall tale |
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Do some making up |
New York Times |
05 Feb 2023 |
Lie that's no biggie? |
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Stretch, as the truth |
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Tell 62-Across |
LA Times Daily |
30 Dec 2022 |
Piece of fudge? |
New York Times |
18 Dec 2022 |
Little lie |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Dec 2022 |
Little lie |
Universal |
13 Nov 2022 |
Untruth |
USA Today |
07 Nov 2022 |
Little lie |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Oct 2022 |
Tiny lie |
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Bend the truth, a little |
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Small lie |
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Little lie |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Aug 2022 |
Small lie |
Universal |
20 Aug 2022 |
'Traffic was terrible,' maybe |
New York Times |
17 Aug 2022 |
Tiny little lie |
USA Today |
14 Aug 2022 |
Small lie |
USA Today |
07 Aug 2022 |
Tell a lie |
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Minor misstatement |
Newsday |
29 Jul 2022 |
White lie |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jul 2022 |
Minor untruth |
Universal |
23 Jul 2022 |
Lie a little |
Universal |
17 Jul 2022 |
Harmless lie |
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Tell tales |
Thomas Joseph |
27 May 2022 |
Little lie |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Apr 2022 |
Little lie |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Apr 2022 |
Bit of truth-stretching |
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Little lie |
Newsday |
15 Feb 2022 |
Tell tales |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Jan 2022 |
Trivial lie |
The Times Concise |
14 Dec 2021 |
Invented story? |
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Small fabrication |
USA Today |
30 Nov 2021 |
Simple lie |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2021 |
Small lie |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 Nov 2021 |
Trivial lie |
The Times Concise |
02 Nov 2021 |
Little lie |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Oct 2021 |
Stretch the truth |
Universal |
25 Jul 2021 |
Little white lie |
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Small lie |
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False statement one seen in Facebook? |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jun 2021 |
Untruth |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Jun 2021 |
Little lie |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Jun 2021 |
Little white lie |
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Little lie |
Eugene Sheffer |
25 May 2021 |
Tiny lie |
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Whopper junior? |
New York Times |
03 May 2021 |
Untruth |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 May 2021 |
Tell a trivial lie |
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Mistruth |
New York Times |
11 Apr 2021 |
Little lie |
USA Today |
08 Apr 2021 |
Tell a little untruth |
Newsday |
24 Mar 2021 |
Bit of fiction |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Mar 2021 |
Taradiddle |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2021 |
'Of course it looks good on you!,' maybe |
New York Times |
27 Feb 2021 |
Sort of misinformation |
Newsday |
07 Feb 2021 |
Petty little lie |
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Little white lie |
Universal |
17 Jan 2021 |
Make stuff up |
New York Times |
16 Dec 2020 |
Little white lie |
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Little lie |
New York Times |
08 Dec 2020 |
False claim a twist in the tail for Feds |
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Little lie |
Universal |
27 Oct 2020 |
Small untruth |
LA Times Daily |
18 Sep 2020 |
Small untruth |
The Washington Post |
18 Sep 2020 |
Whopper Jr.? |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jun 2020 |
Minor untruth |
Newsday |
14 Apr 2020 |
Little lie |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2020 |
Little lie |
The Washington Post |
03 Apr 2020 |
Small lie |
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Tell an untruth |
Universal |
28 Mar 2020 |
A lie |
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Small lie |
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"This tastes delicious!," maybe |
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Tiny tale |
Family Time |
06 Jan 2020 |
White lie |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2019 |
White lie |
The Washington Post |
24 Sep 2019 |
“I’m five minutes away,” often |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Sep 2019 |
Do a little stretching? |
New York Times |
10 Jul 2019 |
Tell a tale |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 Jun 2019 |
Bit of fudge? |
New York Times |
08 Jun 2019 |
Just a lie |
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Subtract a year or two from one's age, say |
New York Times |
23 May 2019 |
Teeny lie |
USA Today |
24 Apr 2019 |
Innocuous falsehood |
LA Times Daily |
23 Apr 2019 |
Innocuous falsehood |
The Washington Post |
23 Apr 2019 |
Lie |
Family Time |
25 Feb 2019 |
It's petty but misleading |
The Washington Post |
01 Feb 2019 |
It's petty but misleading |
LA Times Daily |
01 Feb 2019 |
Little lie |
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"I'm five minutes away," often |
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Bend the truth |
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Do a little stretching? |
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Bit of fudge? |
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Subtract a year or two from one's age, say |
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Teeny lie |
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White lie |
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Innocuous falsehood |
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Little lie |
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It's petty but misleading |
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Little untruth |
New York Times |
26 Dec 2018 |
Untruth I found in key book |
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Bit of baloney from someone's mouth? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 Sep 2018 |
Spare a friend's feelings, maybe |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2018 |
Spare a friend's feelings, maybe |
The Washington Post |
01 Sep 2018 |
Whopper junior? |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Jul 2018 |
Little untruth |
The Washington Post |
18 Jul 2018 |
Little untruth |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jul 2018 |
Tell a ___ (little lie) |
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"I didn't know I was speeding, officer," e.g. |
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It's not quite a whopper |
USA Today |
17 Apr 2018 |
Fudge a fact |
USA Today |
27 Mar 2018 |
Bit of fiction |
Premier Sunday |
11 Mar 2018 |
Small stretch |
Wall Street Journal |
07 Mar 2018 |
Bit of baloney |
New York Times |
18 Feb 2018 |
Fudge the facts |
USA Today |
04 Feb 2018 |
Spare a friend's feelings, maybe |
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It's not quite a whopper |
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Whopper junior? |
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Bit of baloney |
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Fudge the facts |
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Little untruth |
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Little lie |
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Little untruth |
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Statement made while crossing the fingers, maybe |
New York Times |
31 Dec 2017 |
Little white lie |
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Revolutionary provided origin of background story |
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It's not a bad lie |
LA Times Daily |
05 Nov 2017 |
It's not a bad lie |
The Washington Post |
05 Nov 2017 |
Something that might be said with fingers crossed behind the back |
New York Times |
16 Oct 2017 |
No Clue |
Canadiana |
17 Jul 2017 |
Little white lie |
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Minor misstatement |
Newsday |
07 Jul 2017 |
White lie |
Universal |
04 Jul 2017 |
It's a piece of fiction involving characters in Franz Josef I biography |
Irish Times Crosaire |
01 Jul 2017 |
Bend the truth |
USA Today |
15 May 2017 |
White lie |
Canadiana |
08 May 2017 |
Petty falsehood |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Apr 2017 |
Petty lie |
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Trivial lie |
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Bit of baloney |
USA Today |
07 Feb 2017 |
Small lie |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jan 2017 |
Not quite a whopper |
USA Today |
02 Jan 2017 |
Fudge a fact |
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White lie |
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Statement made while crossing the fingers, maybe |
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Bend the truth |
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It's not a bad lie |
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Something that might be said with fingers crossed behind the back |
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Not quite a whopper |
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Little white 64-Down |
USA Today |
26 Oct 2016 |
Little white lie |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2016 |
Little white lie |
Irish Times Simplex |
16 Jun 2016 |
Little lie |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2016 |
Lie a little |
New York Times |
19 Apr 2016 |
Wee lie |
The Washington Post |
24 Mar 2016 |
Small invention |
New York Times |
28 Feb 2016 |
Small lie |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2016 |
Little white lie |
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Small lie |
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Casual invention |
New York Times |
05 Dec 2015 |
Bend the truth |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Nov 2015 |
Piece of fudge |
Newsday |
08 Aug 2015 |
Embroider, perhaps |
Newsday |
23 Apr 2015 |
Tell tales |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Apr 2015 |
Teensy tale |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Apr 2015 |
Teeny tale |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Jan 2015 |
Little white lie |
LA Times Daily |
12 Jan 2015 |
Casual invention |
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Piece of fudge |
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Minor misstatement |
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Embroider, perhaps |
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Little white lie |
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Fudging of fact |
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Not a very big invention |
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Minor falsehood |
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Small lie |
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Trumped-up story |
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Little story |
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Small lie |
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Tell tales |
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Tall tale |
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Bit of fiction |
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Taradiddle |
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Little lie |
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Minor invention |
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Small story |
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Bit of fiction |
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"I didn't know I was speeding, officer," e.g. |
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Little white lie |
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Stretch the truth |
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White lie |
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Wee lie |
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Minor invention |
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Tiny tale |
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Wee lie |
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Tell a white lie |
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White lie |
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Whopper junior? |
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Suspect story, maybe |
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"The dog ate my homework," e.g. |
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Little white lie |
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Stretching of the truth |
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"The dog ate my homework," e.g. |
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Whopper junior? |
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It's not a very big story |
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Suspect story, maybe |
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Little lie |
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Trivial lie |
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Lie a little |
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Taradiddle |
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Kid's story |
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White lie |
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Trumped-up bit |
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Bit of fiction |
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Tell an untruth |
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It's more than a stretch |
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Bend the truth |
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Piece of misinformation |
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Embellishment, perhaps |
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Much less than a whopper |
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Small lie |
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Myth statement? |
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Small stretch |
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Bend the truth |
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Small lie |
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Small stretch |
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Much less than a whopper |
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Embellishment, perhaps |
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Wee whopper |
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Teeny tale |
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It may be said while crossing the fingers |
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Take lying down? |
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Harmless lie |
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Tell a little lie |
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Not so tall a tale |
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Wee whopper |
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Tell tales |
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Take lying down? |
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Not so tall a tale |
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Tiny tale |
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Stretch the truth a bit |
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Small tale |
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Little white lie |
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Small tale |
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Untruth |
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Tiny untruth |
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Create fiction? |
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Small tale? |
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There's no truth to it |
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Trumped-up story |
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Trivial lie |
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Harmless lie |
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There's no truth to it |
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Small tale? |
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Create fiction? |
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Inconsequential lie |
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Little lie |
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Little lie |
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Inconsequential invention |
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White lie |
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Little white lie |
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Not be entirely truthful |
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Cock-and-bull story |
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Story |
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Whopper junior? |
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Taradiddle |
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Little lie |
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Taradiddle |
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Bit of baloney |
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Tell a story, say |
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Untruth |
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White lie |
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White lie |
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Small untruth |
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Whopper junior? |
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Minor falsehood |
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Petty prevarication |
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Tiny tale |
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Bit of truth-stretching |
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Minor invention |
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Bit of baloney |
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"Little white lie" |
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Tiny tale |
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Exaggerate |
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Prevaricate |
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Piece of disinformation |
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White lie |
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Taradiddle |
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Untruth |
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White lie |
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Not quite a truth |
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Piece of disinformation |
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Falsehood |
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Stretch the truth |
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Wee lie |
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Lie |
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Wee whopper |
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Small untruth |
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Small lie |
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Mild untruth |
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Tallish tale |
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Little liar's lapse |
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Lie |
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Distortion |
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Truth evasion |
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Tale |
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Mendacity |
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Low-key lie |
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Tell a lie. |
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Falsehood |
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White lie. |
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Untruth. |
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Falsehood. |
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Lie. |
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Innocent lie. |
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Trivial lie. |
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Little white lie. |
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Stretch out? |
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Tell some tales |
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Don't believe it |
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Minor invention |
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Slight exaggeration |
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