I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
tell
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If you're telling fibs , keep them simple, that's the rule, isn't it?
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The Gypsy expressed shock that I could tell such a fib , especially in this sacred place.
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So it's very likely she told you a few fibs .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I had to make up some fib about why I was late.
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You're not telling me a fib , are you?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He had tackled the twin problems of the Ecclestone fib and the petrol crisis head on-by ignoring them.
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If you're telling fibs, keep them simple, that's the rule, isn't it?
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It was another one of those little fibs, of course, but no matter.
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So it's very likely she told you a few fibs.
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The fibs are of two kinds.
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The Gypsy expressed shock that I could tell such a fib , especially in this sacred place.
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These numbers may be a bit of a fib .
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They said they did it, but that was just a little fib .
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He fibbed about his age.
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When she asked if they wanted to stay for tea, Larry fibbed and said they had a few errands to run.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bernie, I fibbed a little, okay?
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Not much help to you, I know, but why should I fib and say I walked in?
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Puss had decided to fib a little and claim that his master was called the Marquis of Carabas.