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To dress a true story in clothes it never actually owned.
means To add decorative or exaggerated details that make something more attractive or impressive, often beyond the truth.
from From Old French embellir, to make beautiful, built on bel, beautiful — the same root that gives us belle.
Core meaningLiterally to beautify, before it meant to exaggerate
Two flavorsDecorate a cake, or inflate a resume
Sister wordShares its root with belle and embellishment