allow : Idioms & Phrases


allow for

  • verb make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
    leave; provide; allow.
    • This leaves no room for improvement
    • The evidence allows only one conclusion
    • allow for mistakes
    • leave lots of time for the trip
    • This procedure provides for lots of leeway
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allow in

  • verb allow to enter; grant entry to
    intromit; admit; let in.
    • We cannot admit non-members into our club building
    • This pipe admits air
WordNet

To allow of

  • to permit; to admit.
Webster 1913