explain away
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/ɛksplˈeÉĒn ɐwˈeÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "explain away"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to explain away
[phrase form: explain]
01

āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to provide reasons or justifications in an attempt to dismiss or minimize the significance of something
to explain away definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician tried to explain away the scandal, but the public demanded more accountability.
āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āϕ⧇āϞ⧇āĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āϜāύāĻ—āĻŖ āφāϰāĻ“ āϜāĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻĻāĻŋāĻšāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž

to give reasons or excuses to make something that has happened seem less important or to avoid responsibility for it
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He tried to explain away his mistake by saying he was tired and distracted.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϭ⧁āϞ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ