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Tall story

//tɔːl ˈstɔːɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of tall tale (“a tale or story which is fantastic and greatly exaggerated; also, an account of questionable veracity; a lie, an untruth”). idiomatic

    "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."

Etymology

From tall (“exaggerated”) + story.

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