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| cover story(reason, trick, explanation, excuse) | |
| false plea(idiom, dissuasion) | |
| fish story(reason, trick, explanation, excuse) | |
| for a little | |
| in bad taste(adjective, idiom, offensive, vulgar) | |
| in poor taste(adjective, idiom, offensive, vulgar) | |
| jury mast(idiom, substitution) | |
| jury rigging(idiom, substitution) | |
| lame apology(idiom, dissuasion) | |
| lame excuse(idiom, dissuasion) | |
| mere pretext(idiom, dissuasion) | |
| nest egg(support, property, store, reserve) | |
| not true(adjective, unpredictable, fickle, variable) | |
| not trustworthy(adjective, unpredictable, fickle, variable) | |
| off the hip(idiom, adverb, offhand, impromptu) | |
| off top of head(idiom, adverb, informal, snap) | |
| piece of equipment(idiom, machine, tool, mechanism) | |
| pieced together(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| quid pro quo(idiom, substitution) | |
| rough and ready |
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