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Meanings of make excuses in English

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Usage of make excuses in English
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Do you know that I had to make excuses for you today?
Dear John
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Incline not my heart to evil words; to make excuses in sins.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 2
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Yet now, people are falling over themselves to make excuses for him.
The Guardian
4
He would make excuses for being away from home for extended periods.
The South African
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I'm not here to answer for him, or make excuses for him.
The Guardian
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They could retire with perfect self-respect and make excuses to the stars.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
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Why did she have to make excuses for him and her children?
The house on hope street
8
And she had to make excuses to herself on behalf of Chirac.
The Old Wives' Tale
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When you make excuses, you should make them agree with each other.
Confidence
10
You do whatever you like and then make excuses for it afterward.
Secrets of the Wolves
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He would neither endorse the official lie nor make excuses for himself.
Breathless
12
Your best strategy will be to help out, not make excuses!
The South African
13
The commission is not here to make excuses for Government inaction.
The Irish Times
14
The incentives are clear, so why on earth do climbers still make excuses?
Rock and Ice Magazine
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Nobody seemed to feel the need to make excuses for the escape tunnel.
The Slab
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She at once, in her own mind, began to make excuses for him.
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days
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