explainsomethingaway
phrasal verbwithexplainverb[IorT]uk/ɪkˈspleɪn/us/ɪkˈspleɪn/
toavoidblamefor something that hashappenedby making itseemnotimportantor notyourfault:
I don'tknowhow you're going toexplainaway thatdentyou made in Dad'scar.
Defining & explaining
- account (tosomeone) forsomething
- accountability
- adumbration
- annotation
- annotator
- crystallize
- demystify
- explicable
- explicate
- expound
- lay
- miswrite
- nail
- nailsomeonedown
- non-defining
- non-descriptive
- non-explanatory
- outline
- rough
- trace
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