three-sheet

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three-sheet

verb three-sheets · three-sheeting · three-sheeted

  1. To exaggerate, hype up, or show off. Now I don't think a man ought to be a spendthrift in order to be a good fellow, but a ball player getting four thousand a year shouldn't three-sheet himself every time he lets go of a quarter.

    Similar: big up, hyperbolize, preen, swagger, cut it fat, exaggerate, overcharge, overdo, overemphasize, overstate, play up, stretch

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@misc{three_sheet_2026,
  title = {three-sheet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/three-sheet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}