Call and Excuse

Call

Call noun - A natural vocal sound made by an animal.

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Excuse and call are semantically related in need topic. In some cases you can use "Excuse" instead a noun "Call".

Nearby Words: calling, called, caller, callback, callable

Excuse noun - An explanation that frees one from fault or blame.

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Call and excuse are semantically related in grounds topic. Sometimes you can use "Call" instead a noun "Excuse".

Nearby Words: excusing, excused, excusable

old	old call	old excuse
good	good call	good excuse
nice	nice call	nice excuse
long	long call	long excuse
Other adjectives: standard, simple, actual, real, big, evil, little, bad, quick, new, major, possible, last, different.

Call Back: When in desperate need of a radio, Yahtzee recalls how Chick said that Indians look almost Japanese when not in uniform to excuse almost killing Yahtzee.

Source: Film / Windtalkers
Instead, she is able to weed out dozens of weaklings and gain an excuse to call for a "Naturals Election".

Source: Anime / Kill la Kill
Compare I Need to Go Iron My Dog when it's the character making an excuse to call themselves away from a room and Conveniently Timed Distraction when a moment comes that unintentionally creates a distraction and a character takes advantage of that.

Source: Deus Ex Scuse Me

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