truth
/tɹuːθ/
noun10
verb3
forms
truthed · truthing · truths
Phrases with truth
- bend the truthTo change or leave out certain facts of a story or situation, generally in order to elicit a specific response in the audience.
- economical with the truthNot telling the whole truth, especially in order to present a false image of a situation; untruthful; lying. Often used with sarcasm or satire.
- God's honest truthUnquestionable, absolute truth.
- kernel of truthA core accuracy at the heart of a claim or narrative which also contains dubious or fictitious elements.
- moment of truthA deciding instant; the time when a test determines or makes it apparent whether something will succeed.
- nugget of truthA small amount of truth in a generally untrue statement.
- race of truthA time trial.
- ring of truthThe impression of being truthful; especially of a statement or literary work; verisimilitude.
- sneeze on the truthTo sneeze just after somebody says something, superstitiously believed to verify or validate their statement.
- stretch the truthTo exaggerate, often to the point where the truth is obscured or lost.
- tell the truthUsed to positively assert the frank honesty of an associated statement of set of statements; equivalent to "to tell the truth".
- tell you the truthUsed to positively assert the frank honesty of an associated statement of set of statements; equivalent to "to you tell the truth".
- to tell the truthAn attestation to the truthfulness and frankness of an associated statement.