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phraseembroider[embroidered, embroidered, embroidering]
embroider on
embroider on sth to add details that you have invented to a story or description, in order to make it sound more interesting or impressive: The story was repeated from one person to another, and each one embroidered on it a little. Goldwyn did not try to hide his origins, but he would sometimes embroider on them.■ SIMILAR TO: embellish formal
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