going to extremes (verb) exaggerate: overstate, embellish
Sinonime: amplify, blow out of proportion,
boast,
boost,
brag,
build up,
caricature,
color, cook up,
corrupt,
distort, embroider,
emphasize,
enlarge,
exalt,
expand,
fabricate, falsify, fudge, go to extremes,
heighten, hike, hyperbolize, inflate,
intensify, lay it on thick,
lie, loud talk,
magnify, make too much of, misquote, misreport,
misrepresent, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, pad, pretty up, puff,
put on, pyramid,
romance, romanticize,
scam,
stretch,
up*
Antonime: depreciate,
minimize, play down,
reduce, understate