It also presented him with the perfect excuse to leave.
And when the promises don't work out, she's always ready with the perfect excuse.
Americans love to go over the top and now they have the perfect excuse.
The trip seems a perfect excuse to get to know Grace again.
"It gave me the perfect excuse to see you again."
We look for the perfect excuse to blow off work.
Her death, in any case, gave him the perfect excuse for war.
"They'll have the perfect excuse for not making it back to the office."
But this is the perfect excuse to return very soon.
It would give him the perfect excuse to get his foot in the door.