What is another word for be lying?

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off, fill in, make believe, anathemise, get the better of, belt down, stick on, hedge in, flip one's lid, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic, tump over, grease one's palms, rip off, fly in the teeth of, malarkey, malarky, fancify, filmdom, hornswoggle, reverse gear, shift key, yardbird, breast, crack, damn, joint, screw, hyperbolise, killing, queer, bastard, murder, tramp, sucker, rape, bitch, slut, bullshit, hussy, shit, fart, dong, yard bird, greyback, masquerade party, heel counter, talk through one's hat, goat god, old-fashioned, knock down, crack up, cut up, drop-off, make-believe, put-on, send-up, sweet-talk, torturing, full-dress, pulley block, break-dance, louis harold gray, edward d. white, edward douglas white jr., edward white, negative

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