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allow for

verb

Definitions

  1. To take into account, consider.

    • The problem is that they didn't allow for the extra centimetre of overlap, so it didn't fit correctly.
    • You must allow for the fact that his hearing isn't very good.

  2. To make possible

    To make possible; to allow.

    • The gap between my classes allowed for me and my friends to go eat lunch.

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No curated loop yet for allow for. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA