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Jimmy Hung
2022-02-17 10:02
Spin (somebody) a yarn, tale, etc. informal verb phrase
To try to make someone believe a long and untrue story
Min often spins her friends yarns about her childhood.
A: I think Mason knows why Helen broke up with Peter. B: Oh, he knows nothing but how to spin a tale.
He is spinning children yarns about the heroes.
1. A story considered noteworthy (or scandalous) enough to be put on the cover of a magazine.
2. A lie told as an alibi.
To get dressed up.
To make something/someone look more attractive by decorating them with fancy, appealing, or extravagant clothing, ornaments, equipment, etc.
The verb "spin" should be conjugated according to its tense.
Do you see anything wrong?
At a much higher level than other people or things
Peter is head and shoulders above the other contestants in the competition.
