explain away
Upper Intermediate (B2) neutral
To try to make a bad thing seem not so bad by giving reasons for it.
"The minister struggled to explain away the contradictions in his earlier statement."
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Phantom Dark Energy (full interview with Ed Copeland) - Sixty Symbols
Sixty Symbols · 33:38
might explain away the cosmological
Science Is (Literally) Cool
The Rest Is Science · 32:47
as a trick to to explain away.
Phantom Dark Energy (full interview with Ed Copeland) - Sixty Symbols
Sixty Symbols · 33:44
doesn't explain away that problem, this
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The Good Place · 7:21
it can explain away a lot of behavior.
How Paul Quinn evaded justice for over 20 years…until now | BBC News
BBC News · 7:06
You've tried to explain away the DNA by making out as if