The phrase "scramble to explain" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
This phrase means to quickly and urgently try to give an explanation or justify something. Example: After being caught cheating on the test, Maria scrambled to explain that she had accidentally studied the wrong material.
In the scramble to explain last night's surprise there have been plenty of theories forwarded.
It's also a great way to throw a peer under the bus, and if it's not a peer, good times can be had by all as you watch that person scramble to explain the various milestones in their amazing five year plan.
Those audiences have been built follower by follower on social networks, but often remain unknown to traditional media – at least until they emerge, fully-formed with those audiences sending their books (Zoella), songs (Shawn Mendes) and mobile games (PewDiePie) to the top of the charts, causing a confused scramble to explain their popularity.
Bush, Paul, Carson and Trump scramble to explain how they would handle the Middle East situation knowing now what they knew in 2003.
Kate Taylor's lengthy examination of the culture of the school last summer documents it, John Merrow's story on Success Academy's hefty use of out of school suspensions confirms it, and the network's scramble to explain away a principal who compiled a "got to go" list of children to drive out of the school pretty much sealed it.
Dr. Dean has scrambled to explain.
A spokesman for the Russian government, Sergei Yastrzhembsky, scrambled to explain and qualify General Troshev's comments.
Pundits have scrambled to explain how he pulled off his win.
Earlier this month, government officials scrambled to explain how $6.2 million of the country's $17 million AIDS budget went unspent last year.
In March, government officials scrambled to explain how $6.2 million of the country's $17 million AIDS budget went unspent last year.
Last year his government scrambled to explain how $6.2 million of the country's $17 million AIDS budget went unspent.
