37 entries under cause topic. ×
| cleanup(con, excuse) | |
| color(con, excuse, cloak, veil) | |
| coloring(con, excuse, cloak, veil) | |
| con | |
| cop-out(con, excuse, pretense, ploy) | |
| cover story(expression, con, excuse, pretense) | |
| excuse(con, pretense, guise) | |
| face(con, excuse, cloak, veil) | |
| grounds(con, excuse) | |
| plea(con, excuse) | |
| pretense(trick, con, excuse, lure) | |
| routine(con, excuse) | |
| semblance(con, excuse, cloak, veil) | |
| show(con, excuse, pretense, ploy) | |
| simulation(con, excuse, pretense, ploy) | |
| song and dance(expression, idiom, con, excuse) | |
| stall(con, excuse) |
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