tall story
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tall story
- /tɔːl ˈstɔːɹi/ UK
- /tɔl ˈstɔɹi/ US
Rhymes with -ɔːɹi
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From tall (“exaggerated”) + story.
noun tall stories
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Synonym of tall tale (“a tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated; also, an account of questionable veracity; a lie, an untruth”).
Mary Beard, formerly professor of classics at Cambridge University, directed followers on X to her latest book, titled Emperor of Rome, which opens with a lengthy discussion of the “tall stories” told about Elagabalus.
Similar: Banbury story of a cock and a bull, cock-and-bull story, fish story, traveller's tale, tall tale
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