But it may take a few days to come up with a good excuse.

"Who am I to come up with an excuse when there's 64 other players here doing the same thing?"

To begin at the right time, he wrote, means to be done with excuses once and for all.

If nothing else, it would provide him with a fine excuse to see her, pass the time of day.

We'll buy you clothes, come up with a good excuse for your parents.

"Yeah, like I'm going to give you a chance to come up with excuses to run from me."

"Not trying to come up with excuses ahead of time, are you?"

But she had come up with a weak excuse to tell the others.

I'm not talking about those like me with a legitimate medical excuse.

With an excuse, she moved away from the mother then disappeared.