dress up

We use [dress something up] to mean present something so it appears better than it really is:

• I think this finance report has been manipulated. [replacing phrasal verb]
  
• I think this finance report has been embellished just a bit. [replacing phrasal verb]
  
• I think this finance report has been enhanced a little more than is honest. [replacing phrasal verb]
  

• I like the idea but something tells me this has been dressed up a bit. Let’s do a little research.
  
• The project looks good. Too good. I think someone has dressed up the projections just a little.
  
• The Government’s ability to dress up the problems as an opportunity are well-known and only show their lack of creative solutions.
  

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