Related Clues:

• Be horizontal
• Be dishonest
• Misrepresentation
• Go beyond embellishment
• Fail a polygraph test
• Fail to be truthful
• Trumped-up story, essentially
• Fib, e.g
• Wee lie
• "I cannot tell a ___" (George Washington's claim)
• Distortion, perhaps
• "The dog ate my homework" is a classic one
• Be prone to romance
• Resting place for the ball? It's unbelievable
• It's not true I was imprisoned by the French