Ask for permission to be released from an engagement.
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Examples for "excuse "
Examples for "excuse "
1 Weather was the first excuse given, although the sky was perfectly clear.
2 Of course, this recognition is not to excuse terrorism in any way.
3 The Taoiseach said yesterday that there was no excuse for the violence.
4 Chang was right, and the excuse of immediate danger no longer applied.
5 Waits said he should not need to excuse himself from the case.
1 We'd sit on a bench and target the right people to beg off .
2 It was precisely because of prior experiences that she had to beg off .
3 I managed to beg off , but Liam didn't have nearly as much willpower.
4 She tried to beg off , but I pushed the matter hard.
5 James an' his wife go to the old man's rooms to beg off .
6 We've decided to beg off from practice this afternoon, if you don't mind.
7 I sighed, considered whether to beg off or simply disconnect.
8 When I started to beg off , he changed his topic.
9 Do you think I can beg off from the White's?
10 My sister is away, and I tried to beg off .
11 As many enlisted men dropped out as could beg off .
12 Gracie began to beg off , but her mother was firm.
13 Maybe I should beg off and say I'm feeling sick.
14 But Frank didn't like Saturday work and had managed to beg off that particular day.
15 I still have to write that letter, though, to beg off from my cousin's invitation.
16 This was a heavy disappointment, and I tried to beg off but did not succeed.
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