bend the truth

Verb

 * 1)  To change or leave out certain facts of a story or situation, generally in order to elicit a specific response in the audience.
 * In relating the story to Julie, he decided to bend the truth just enough to make her think he had really been in danger.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: խեղաթյուրել իրականությունը
 * Mandarin: 歪曲事實, 歪曲事实, 扭曲事實, 扭曲事实
 * Czech: ohýbat pravdu
 * Dutch: de waarheid verdraaien
 * Finnish: venyttää totuutta
 * French: déformer la vérité
 * German: sich die Wahrheit zurechtbiegen
 * Hindi:
 * Italian: dire una mezza verità
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Portuguese: distorcer a realidade
 * Russian: искажа́ть и́стину/пра́вду
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese: bẻ cong sự thật