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Tall tale

//tɔːl ˈteɪl// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated; also, an account of questionable veracity; a lie, an untruth. idiomatic

    "He returned on Monday with a tall tale about a 100-pound fish he had caught."

  2. 2
    an improbable (unusual or incredible or fanciful) story wordnet

Etymology

From tall (“exaggerated”) + tale.

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