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Verb: shoot a line
Usage: informal
  1. Show off, esp. with exaggeration
    "He was always shooting a line about his athletic achievements";
    - boast, swash [archaic], brag, gas [informal], blow [informal], bluster, vaunt, gasconade [archaic], skite [Austral, NZ, informal]

Derived forms: shooting a line, shoots a line, shot a line

Type of: amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise [Brit], hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate