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let off(verb, phrasal verb, action, drop)
9
pass over(verb, phrasal verb, disregard, ignore)
8
let go(verb, idiom, drop, take)
8
wink at(verb, phrasal verb, take, clear)
5
apologize for(verb, phrasal verb, cover, favor)
4
bear with(verb, phrasal verb, take, clear)
3
account for(verb, phrasal verb, resolve, tell)
3
beg off(verb, phrasal verb)
3
cop out(verb, withdraw, abandon, quit)
3
cover story(noun, cause, reason, escape)
3
dispense from(verb, pardon, forgive, justify)
3
exempt from(verb, pardon, forgive, justify)
3
explain away(verb, phrasal verb, deliberate, justify)
3
give absolution(verb, pardon, forgive, justify)
3
mea culpa(noun, statement, regret, confession)
3
plead ignorance(verb, pardon, forgive, justify)
3
put off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, reduce)
3
set free(drop, clear, release, free)
3
shrug off(verb, pardon, forgive, justify)
2
be blind to(verb, idiom)
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