on one pretext or another

idiom

: using various reasons to hide the real reason for doing something

She always managed to visit him on one pretext or another.

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The requests for money on one pretext or another will continue as long as the victim continues to send money. —

Melissa Ramsey, Houston Chronicle, 21 Aug. 2020

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