Idiom
pull the long bow
Meaning
Synonym of draw the long bow (“to exaggerate; to tell tall tales”).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He likes to pull the long bow when he talks about his fishing trips.”
“Everyone knew he was pulling the long bow when he claimed he had met a famous actor at the grocery store.”
“The politician was notorious for pulling the long bow, often embellishing his modest achievements until they sounded like heroic feats of statesmanship.”
Examples
simple
“He likes to pull the long bow when he talks about his fishing trips.”
contextual
“Everyone knew he was pulling the long bow when he claimed he had met a famous actor at the grocery store.”
complex
“The politician was notorious for pulling the long bow, often embellishing his modest achievements until they sounded like heroic feats of statesmanship.”
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