Was a little false

• Told a taradiddle
• Told a tale
• Lied in a small way
• Wasn't exactly truthful
• Told untruth
• Crossed one's fingers, perhaps

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?" [syn: story , tale , tarradiddle , taradiddle ] [also: fibbing , fibbed ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-pastfib)