tall story tale
1tall story — UK US noun [countable] [singular tall story plural tall stories] british informal something that someone tells you that sounds so exciting, dangerous, unpleasant etc that you do not believe it is true. The American word is tall tale …
2tall story (or tale) — an account that is fanciful and difficult to believe. → tall …
3tall\ story — • tall story • tall tale See: fish story …
4tall story — tall stories N COUNT A tall story is the same as a tall tale …
5tall story — Synonyms and related words: big talk, blague, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, cock and bull story, exaggeration, fairy tale, falsehood, falsity, fancy talk, farfetched story, farrago, fib, fiction, fine talk, fish story, flam, flimflam, gas, ghost story …
6tall story — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms tall story : singular tall story plural tall stories British informal something that someone tells you that sounds so exciting, dangerous, unpleasant etc that you do not believe it is true. The American word is …
7tall story — /tɔl ˈstɔri/ (say tawl stawree) noun a far fetched or incredible tale; snake yarn. Also, tall tale. {US English colloquialism (1890s), from earlier tall grandiloquent, exaggerated} …
8tall story — or[tale] {n. phr.} See: FISH STORY …
9tall story — or[tale] {n. phr.} See: FISH STORY …
10tall story — noun A tale or an account of questionable veracity; a lie …
