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pretext
/ˈpriːˌtɛkst/
US
UK
noun
plural -texts
[count] :a reason that you give to hide your real reason for doing something :pretense
The
leaders
used
a
minor
clash
at
the
border
as
a
pretext
for
war
. [=
as
a
reason
/
excuse
for
starting
a
war
]
She
always
managed
to
visit
him
on
one
pretext
or
another
. [=
she
found
various
reasons
to
visit
him
]
She
went
back
to
her
friend's
house
on
/
under
the
pretext
that
she
had
forgotten
her
purse
.
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