make excuses

“We have to make excuses when our friends want to come over because there is nowhere for them to go,” said 15-year-old Leda.

“And yet, when Donald Trump lies or cheats or shows utter disregard for our Constitution, when he calls POWs losers or fellow citizens vermin, people make excuses for it,” Obama continued.

“I’m absorbing things I’m not used to. I’ve been a winner most of my career. … I really need to be strong because they’ve never experienced this. The first thing they’ll want to do is make excuses and quit.”

“Tax evasion is much harder to make excuses about,” says Bower.

"We'll go back, rest up. I believe I won the fight but I'm not going to sit and cry and make excuses. We'll run it again," Fury added.