pretext
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Britannica Dictionary definition of PRETEXT
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a reason that you give to hide your real reason for doing something
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pretense
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The leaders used a minor clash at the border as a pretext for war. [=as a reason/excuse for starting a war]
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She always managed to visit him on one pretext or another. [=she found various reasons to visit him]
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She went back to her friend's house on/under the pretext that she had forgotten her purse.
