Imagine six lies USA spread (9)

I believe the answer is:

visualise

'imagine' is the definition.
(I know that visualise is a more specific form of the action imagine)

'six lies usa spread' is the wordplay.
'six' becomes 'VI' (Roman numerals).
'spread' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lies'+'usa'='liesusa'
'liesusa' is an anagram of 'sualise'.
'vi'+'sualise'='VISUALISE'

(Another definition for visualise that I've seen is " US is alive (anag.)".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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