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barefaced lie

n. A falsehood told with utter confidence and without trying to conceal the fact that it is false, especially a planned or deliberate falsehood.

Usage examples of "barefaced lie".

Yatakangi optimisation programme as quote a barefaced lie unquote.

He had counted on getting from her, at a minimum, a hint as to where the path either entered the thicket or left it, and all he had got was a barefaced lie with Sumner Hoff to back it up.

Normally she would have laughed back at him, since they both knew he had just told a barefaced lie.