- out of whole cloth
- (made up) out of whole cloth
to be completely invented.
The whole article was a fairy tale, made up out of whole cloth.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
out of whole cloth
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out of whole cloth — phrasal : out of pure fabrication : without basis a tissue of lies made up out of whole cloth Current History * * * out of whole cloth see ↑whole cloth above. • • • Main Entry: ↑whole * * * out of (the) whole cloth … Useful english dictionary
make something up out of whole cloth — make (something) up out of whole cloth American, American if a story or excuse is made up out of whole cloth, it is not true. Yet the explanation was too strange for Joan to have made up out of whole cloth … New idioms dictionary
make up out of whole cloth — make (something) up out of whole cloth American, American if a story or excuse is made up out of whole cloth, it is not true. Yet the explanation was too strange for Joan to have made up out of whole cloth … New idioms dictionary
made up out of whole cloth — (made up) out of whole cloth to be completely invented. The whole article was a fairy tale, made up out of whole cloth … New idioms dictionary
made up out of whole cloth — See: OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH … Dictionary of American idioms
made up out of whole cloth — See: OUT OF WHOLE CLOTH … Dictionary of American idioms
out of whole cloth — idi without foundation in fact; fictitious … From formal English to slang
whole cloth — noun Cloth in its full manufactured size (cut out of whole cloth (N Am inf) wholly fabricated, utterly false) • • • Main Entry: ↑whole … Useful english dictionary
whole cloth — (USA) If something is made out of whole cloth, it is a fabrication and not true … The small dictionary of idiomes
whole cloth — noun Date: 1840 pure fabrication usually used in the phrase out of whole cloth < the theory was created out of whole cloth > … New Collegiate Dictionary
