bend the truth

idiom

: to say something that is not true or that misleads people but that is usually not regarded as a serious or harmful lie

When he tells people he's from Manhattan he's bending the truth a little since he really grew up in Brooklyn.

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Its willingness to bend the truth and give voice to conspiracy theories on a variety of topics — vaccines, Covid-19, the identities of the rioters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — went further than any of its competitors in the pro-Trump media sphere. —

New York Times, 26 July 2022 The trial is a rare example of a jury deciding the validity of a persistent refrain from Palin and other Republicans: That a biased news media is willing to bend the truth to make conservatives look bad. —

Tom Hays, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Feb. 2022 Others may be tempted to bend the truth, but don't fall for it. —

Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 21 June 2021 Consequently, upon being threatened by the ability of this journalist to bend the truth in order to serve himself with a better story, our group hired an attorney. —

Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 13 Dec. 2013

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