āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
explain away
/ÉksplËeÉĒn ÉwËeÉĒ/
to explain away
[phrase form: explain]
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āĻā§āĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to provide reasons or justifications in an attempt to dismiss or minimize the significance of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician tried to explain away the scandal, but the public demanded more accountability.
āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻā§āϞā§āĻā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāύāĻāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻĻāĻŋāĻšāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž
to give reasons or excuses to make something that has happened seem less important or to avoid responsibility for it
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He tried to explain away his mistake by saying he was tired and distracted.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŦāϞ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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