Excuse
Excuse verb - To dismiss as of little importance.
Reveal
Reveal verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).
Common collocations
| part | excuse part | reveal part |
| relationship | excuse relationship | reveal relationship |
| reason | excuse reason | reveal reason |
| fact | excuse fact | reveal fact |
| Other words: head. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Also the common excuse for those Minbari in the know not to reveal why they surrendered at the battle of the line.
Source: The World Is Not Ready -
It was supposedly lampshaded in the instruction booklet, which had the excuse of misspelling the latter name so that no one would make the connection until the reveal.
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Suddenly Sexuality: Judith divorces Alan in the Pilot after realising she's a lesbian, only to turn around & reveal that she's not later in the season - She just wanted an excuse to divorce him.
Source: Series / Two and a Half Men
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