deviate from the truth

deviate from the truth
I verb alter one's course, deceive, depart from a norm, digress, diverge, drift, fabricate, fake, go astray, lie, maunder, meander, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, prevaricate, skew, stray, struggle, swerve, take a different course, wander II index bear false witness, lie (falsify), perjure, prevaricate

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