"Then I'll break the other one and give you a better excuse to stay on the ground."

But at least they had given him a real excuse to take over.

He was just giving her an excuse to leave the room.

School gave me an excuse to stay in my room for long hours.

In fact, you gave me a good excuse to stop.

"We must do everything within our power not to give them the excuse."

That gave him an excuse to talk to her at the next Fall.

But it gave him an excuse to keep his head down.

They said it also gave them an excuse to get together more often.

But perhaps this would give her an excuse not to fire anyone.