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Exaggerate, making point and lie naughtily (4,2,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pile it on

'exaggerate' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'point and lie naughtily' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'naughtily' indicates anagramming the letters.
'point' put after 'lie' is 'liepoint'.
'liepoint' is an anagram of 'PILE IT ON'.

'making' is the link.

(Another definition for pile it on that I've seen is " Informally exaggerate - add to heap".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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