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false claim(pretense, affectation, pretentiousness)
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false face(cover, show, disguise, cloak)
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fast shuffle(lie, illusion, subterfuge)
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fish tale(action, claim, statement, excuse)
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furnish a handle(idiom, dissuasion)
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grandstand play(noun, effect, face)
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lame apology(idiom, dissuasion)
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lame excuse(idiom, dissuasion)
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letting go(verb, excuse, curtaining)
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make use of(verb, phrasal verb)
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mere pretext(idiom, dissuasion)
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ostensible ground(idiom, dissuasion)
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ostensible motive(idiom, dissuasion)
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phony reason(idiom, dissuasion)
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resort to(verb, phrasal verb)
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shallow pretext(idiom, dissuasion)
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snow job(trick, deception, fraud, pretense)
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soft sawder(idiom, dissuasion)
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special pleading(idiom, dissuasion)
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stalking horse
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