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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of splain.

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Examples

  • That whole mess was 'splained' away much too nice, timely, and on-the-quiet for my liking.

    Rumsfeld's Mind: If 9/11 Worked, Why Not Try it Again 2008

  • I missed the part where you "splained" that nitwit.

    Daily Rotten 2009

  • What came before can be splained away with a reference to events that transpired in another British TV series, 'Primeval'.

    AS SEEN ON TV: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA Toby O'B 2010

  • During its run on the CW, 'Reaper' never gave any reason for it to be banished to an alternate TV dimension; even the appearance of the Devil differing from his appearance in 'Brimstone', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Eastwick' and other shows can be splained away by His Maleficence's supernatural powers.

    THE DOUBLE LIFE OF BENJAMIN CASPER PEREZ GONZALEZ Toby O'B 2010

  • This can be splained away though in that maybe the Doctor had locked in a radio transmission and even had it stored in the TARDIS computer.

    THE LOST DOCTOR WHO Toby O'B 2010

  • Of course, that would mean the characters to be played by Jane Curtin (as Rex's Mom) and Jerry O'Connell (his best friend) have to be splained away.

    Archive 2009-12-27 Toby O'B 2010

  • When Ziva looked at him askance for knowing such details, McGee splained it away: "Antique Roadshow."

    SERENDIPITEEVEE, BABY! Toby O'B 2010

  • But these have been splained away in the past......

    "BIG BANG THEORY" - A VERY PRECIOUS EPISODE Toby O'B 2010

  • Of course, that would mean the characters to be played by Jane Curtin (as Rex's Mom) and Jerry O'Connell (his best friend) have to be splained away.

    THE CHAMELEON ARCH Toby O'B 2010

  • Certainly she deserves our support now that you 'splained it.

    Election Central Saturday Roundup 2009

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