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bending the truth
vb. (present participle of bend the truth English)
Usage examples of "bending the truth".
If you are somehow manipulating me, or bending the truth, I will bury you in tribunal hearings for the next five years.
He not only knew when Isabel was lying, he knew when she was bending the truth or choosing not to tell everything.
When I introduced him as having 'distinguished' himself at the Horseshoe, I was perhaps bending the truth.