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explain away

verb

explained away; explaining away; explains away

transitive verb

1
: to get rid of by or as if by explanation
2
: to minimize the significance of by or as if by explanation
explains his faults, but does not try to explain them away M. K. Spears

Example Sentences

after the surprise attack, military leaders struggled to explain away the nation's unpreparedness tried to explain away his adulterous affairs by saying that men are promiscuous by nature

Word History

First Known Use

1688, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of explain away was in 1688

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