exaggerated account

collocation in English

meaningsofexaggeratedandaccount

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exaggerated
adjective
uk
/ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪ.tɪd/us
/ɪɡˈzædʒ.ə.reɪ.t̬ɪd/
seeming larger, more important, better, or worse than it ...
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account
noun
uk
/əˈkaʊnt/us
/əˈkaʊnt/
an arrangement with a bank to keep your money there and to allow you to take it out when you ...
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(Definition ofexaggeratedandaccountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The second great evil is theexaggeratedaccountgiven to emigrants of the prospects awaiting them.
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I understand that he has to give a different account of the proceedings and a grosslyexaggeratedaccountof his achievements.
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Denning's report gives a veryexaggeratedaccount.
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There have been some very exaggerated accounts about our arms supplies.
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It is the fact that when half statements and exaggerated accounts appear considerable harm is done.
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Sometimes there are exaggerated accounts, which do no good to anyone, of the effects of the campaign upon the bandits and upon our own people.
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There have sometimes been exaggerated accounts of the loss of houses through decay.
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Our information entirely concurs with his as to the exaggerated accounts that have been given of the ill effects of the oil workings in the neighbourhood.
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Each side sent exaggerated accounts to friendly newspapers and supporters.
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Daisey is, and was, most known for exaggerated accounts of her activities.
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