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copout n. a poor excuse to get out of something.This is a silly copout.That's not a good reason. That's just a copout. if you'll pardon the expression phr. “excuse the expression I am about to say.”This thing is—if you'll pardon the expression—loused up.I'm really jacked, if you'll pardon the expression.
idiomexcusea poor/sorry excuse for sth(also a rotten, miserable, feeble etc excuse for sth)used in order to say that someone or something is much worse than they should be:Coach Ricky Morans turned a poor excuse for a football team into champions of the Rose Bowl.The film's a miserable excuse for a romantic comedy, with too many jokes that aren't funny and moments that should be clever, but aren't.excuse me for living/breathing!(also pardon me for living/breathing)spoken said when you think someone is blaming you or getting angry at you:She started yelling at me, and I was just thinking, well, excuse me for living!"Could you be quiet - I'm trying to read." "Well, pardon me for breathing!"
excuse someone 1. . to forgive someone. (Usually with me. Said when interrupting or when some other minor offense has been committed. There are many mannerly uses of this expression.) John came in late and said, "Excuse me, please." John said "excuse me" when he interrupted our conversation. When John made a strange noise at the table, he said quietly, "Excuse me." John suddenly left the room saying, "Excuse me. I'll be right back." 2. to permit someone to leave; to permit someone to remain away from an event. The coach excused John from practice yesterday. The teacher excused John, and he ran quickly from the room. See:- a bad excuse is better than none
- bad excuse is better than none
- Can I be excused?
- Can you excuse us, please?
- Could I be excused?
- Could you excuse us, please?
- excuse
- excuse (one) for (something)
- excuse (one) from (something)
- excuse for
- excuse from
- Excuse me
- Excuse me for breathing!
- Excuse me for living!
- excuse my French
- excuse/pardon my French
- he who excuses himself accuses himself
- Ignorance is no excuse
- ignorance of the law is no excuse
- ignorance of the law is no excuse for breaking it
- May I be excused?
- Pardon my French
- pardon/excuse my French
- use as an excuse
- Well, pardon me for living!
- Will you excuse us, please?
- Would you excuse me?
- you should excuse the expression
- You're excused
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