verb · irregular · transitive · common

explain away

explain away · explains away · explained away · explaining away

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To dismiss or minimize by explanationTo dismiss or minimize (a problem, etc.) by explanation.

» Ziri could explain away any paranormal story someone would throw at him.

Meaning

1 senses

To dismiss or minimize (a problem, etc.) by explanation.
He couldn't just explain away all of his problems.
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Examples

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Ziri could explain away any paranormal story someone would throw at him.
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Lorenzo can't explain that away.
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Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.
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Translations

2 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to dismiss or minimize by explanation:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to dismiss or minimize by explanation:

Forms

explains away, explaining away, explained away, explained away

Base form	explain away · to explain away
3rd person singular	explains away
Present participle	explaining away
Past simple	explained away
Past participle	explained away

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	explain away
he, she, it	explains away

Past simpleLesson

all persons

explained away

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have explained away
he, she, it	has explained away

Future simple (will)Lesson