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deodorize collapse: eliminate the odor from; "This stick will deodorize your armpits"

juggle collapse: throwing and catching several objects simultaneously; the act of rearranging things to give a misleading impression; hold with difficulty and balance insecurely; "the player juggled the ball"; throw, catch, and keep in the air several things simultaneously; deal with simultaneously; "She had to juggle her job and her children"; manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit"; influence by slyness

misrepresent collapse: represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"

overdraw collapse: draw more money from than is available; "She overdrew her account"

falsify collapse: falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records"; prove false; "Falsify a claim"; make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story

overstate collapse: to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"

dress up collapse: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"; make something appear superficially attractive; "The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data"; "Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth"

camouflage collapse: device or stratagem for concealment or deceit; fabric dyed with splotches of green and brown and black and tan; intended to make the wearer of a garment made of this fabric hard to distinguish from the background; disguise by camouflaging; exploit the natural surroundings to disguise something; "The troops camouflaged themselves before they went into enemy territory"

parody collapse: humorous or satirical mimicry; a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way; make a spoof of or make fun of

caricature collapse: a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect; represent in or produce a caricature of; "The drawing caricatured the President"

pervert collapse: a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior; change the inherent purpose or function of something; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers"

lie collapse: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth; position or manner in which something is situated; Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968); tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"; be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"; be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position; have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"; be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"

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