excuse from

excuse (one) from (something)

To allow one's absence from something. I have a doctor's note that excuses me from class yesterday.
See also: excuse
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

excuse someone from something

to permit a person not to do something; to exempt someone from something. Please excuse me from attending the meeting. I must excuse myself from the discussion.
See also: excuse
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • out of one's
  • on one's
  • on someone's
  • (Have you) been OK?
  • other than
  • other than (something)
  • at one's
  • at someone's
  • let something drop
  • #dead
References in periodicals archive
Again we have another lame excuse from our politically correct police force.
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allows excuse from contractual obligations when performance becomes "commercially impractical" or extremely and unreasonably difficult to perform due to an unforeseen event.
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"The road was too narrow and we ran into a sheep," was the unlikely excuse from a customer from Devon.
`I wasn't used to the high heels,' he said