fib
noun
a small or trivial lie; minor falsehood.
have fibbed
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present perfectof fib.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And Rhonda said it had been, “but she might have fibbed because she knew we would have insisted.”
From Salon ● May 30, 2018
Then again, he could have fibbed a little, and these “phone calls” may have been marathon Facebook chat sessions.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2013
And they are far from the only members who have fibbed on the hugely popular hangout site--her profile bumped her age up a year while he allegedly posed as a high school senior.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I knows I fibs dreadful; but believe me, Miss, I never finds out I have fibbed until they tells me so," was a remark actually made.
From Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not by Florence Nightingale
To have fibbed a little, or even to have prevaricated whitely, would have spoiled everything.
From The Port of Adventure by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
