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Discover LudwigThe phrase "ready-made excuse" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to an excuse that has been prepared in advance and can be used as needed. Example: She was always coming up with ready-made excuses for why she couldn't finish her work on time.
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If Trump quits now, he has a ready-made excuse: The media and the establishment made his job impossible.
If Trump quits now, he has a ready-made excuse: The media and the Establishment made his job impossible.
Actually, there was a ready-made excuse for all this.
There's a ready-made excuse for you Ole.
"We're giving the world a ready-made excuse to ignore the Geneva Conventions.
Put it this way, McClaren has a ready-made excuse should things go badly on Saturday.
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NHL teams love nothing more than ready-made excuses.
Even if Löw was talking on Tuesday about winning Euro 2016, he had ready-made excuses for this performance.
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Paul Has Lifted Hornets During a Trying Season Take a team that had won just 18 games the previous season and uproot it from New Orleans to Oklahoma because of the nation's biggest natural disaster and you have ready-made excuses.
It's ready-made for virtual intimacy.
Many of these web-based communities actively encourage eating disorders — which are often referred to by their pet names Ana (anorexia) and Mia (bulimia) — while some even offer self-starvation advice, ranging from "special diet wish list" to ready-made lists of excuses "to avoid having to eat".
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