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pack of lies

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noun

  1. a completely false story, account, etc

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Ms Syed put it to Mr Johnston that it is his case that these two women had stood in the witness box "and told this jury a pack of lies".

From BBC • May 8, 2025

Despite the judge calling his comments "a pack of lies", Amesbury maintains he "felt threatened" by Mr Fellows.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2025

In her 2008 interview with Mr Bradshaw, which was read to the inquiry, Mrs McDonald said she was accused by the investigator of telling him a "pack of lies".

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024

Under cross-examination, prosecutor Jake Hallam QC suggested Paizan's account was a pack of lies.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2022

Feeding you a great walloping pack of lies.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

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