whole cloth

noun

: pure fabrication

—usually used in the phrase out of whole cloth

the theory was created out of whole cloth

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Not just another hint that the whole Road sprung up out of whole cloth, but a sly practical effect, too. —

Caroline Framke, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024 In recent weeks, the network has invented stories out of whole cloth targeting Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. —

Michael Conte, CNN, 30 Oct. 2024 Yale, but Paul Rudolph, specifically, invented me out of whole cloth. —

Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Oct. 2024 Each group determined what was a high-quality source (a news organization that mostly gets it right, but can sometimes make mistakes) or a low-quality one (a publisher that tends to make things up out of whole cloth). —

F.d. Flam, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for whole cloth