aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, belie, build up, burlesque, camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, disguise, distort, draw the longbow, embellish, exaggerate, falsify, fudge, garble, go to extremes, hyperbolize, inflate, lay it on, magnify, make much of, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, misteach, overcharge, overdevelop, overdistend, overdo, overestimate, overexpand, overextend, overpaint, overpraise, overreach, overreact, oversell, overspeak, overspend, overstate, overstrain, overstress, overstretch, pad, parody, pervert, pile it on, puff, slant, strain, stretch, stretch the truth, swell, talk big, talk in superlatives, tout, travesty, twist, understate, warp, wrench