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barefaced lie
Idioms and Phrases
A shameless falsehood. For example, Bill could tell a barefaced lie with a straight face . The adjective barefaced means “beardless,” and one theory is that in the 1500s this condition was considered brazen in all but the youngest males. By the late 1600s barefaced also meant “brazen” or “bold,” the meaning alluded to in this phrase.Example Sentences
Mr Khan's spokesperson previously said the circulated leaflets "peddle a barefaced lie".
Elizabeth still hoped to avoid outright conflict with Spain and put about the barefaced lie that he had limped home empty-handed.
Trade minister Greg Hands replied to Sir Keir's tweet saying: "This is just a barefaced lie by Starmer. He didn't show up for a single minute of 4 1/2 hours of debate on the Trade Bill on Monday, and it shows. The NHS is not & won't ever be part of UK trade deals."
Being caught out in a barefaced lie isn’t necessarily a deal-breaker now, if you think all politicians are liars anyway.
“You’ve said that three times now, and each time you’ve told a barefaced lie.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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