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Explain
Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Earlier in the film, the Miser Brothers are indifferent about Santa Claus breaking his back and explain that it is because they never got any presents from him before.
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A happy minority tends to simply sit back and explain that they think both versions have their high points.
Source: Fandom Rivalry - His 18-year-old self from 1993 resorts to scrawling messages around the house, asking his 2013 self to come back and explain.
Source: Write Back to the Future
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Explain and Back. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/back/explain
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