[explain
oneself] {v. phr.} 1. To make your meaning plainer; makeyour first statement
clear.
When we didn't understand Fritz, hewent on to explain himself.
2. To
give a good reason for somethingyou did or failed to do which seems wrong.
When Jack brought Maryhome at three o'clock in the morning, her father asked
him to explainhimself.
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