話をでっち上げた

made up a story

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made up a story Implies that the story was fabricated, often deceptively or falsely.
JA: 彼は話をでっち上げた。
EN: He made up a story.

っていう話をでっち上げたんだ

I made up that story.

— 罪人たち (2025)

ぼくはきっとジムがその話をでっち上げたのだと思う。

I think Jim must have made up that story.

彼は話をでっち上げた。

He made the whole story up.