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[Verb] | "al*low" | \ ə-ˈlau̇ \
1: permit
2: to fail to restrain or prevent
3: to assign as a share or suitable amount (as of time or money)
Origin: 14th century ;
Middle English alowen, allowen "to commend, approve of, legally recognize, permit, take into account, compensate," borrowed from Anglo-French aluer, aloer "to place, allot, commend, accept as legally valid, permit, take into account, assess," probably in part from a- (going back to Latin ad- {see: |ad-|ad-}) + loer "to praise," going back to Latin laudāre; in part going back to Medieval Latin allocāre "to place, admit, credit" {mat|laud:2|laud:2}, {mat|allocate|allocate};
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[Idiom] | "allow as how"
1: to admit
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[Phrasal verb] | "allow for"
1: to think about or plan for (something that will or might happen in the future)
2: to consider (something) when one makes a calculation
3: to make (something) possible
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[Phrasal verb] | "allow of"
1: to make (something) possible : permit
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[Verb] | "allow"
1: to give permission for or to approve of;
* e.g., " ... flash photography is not allowed inside the church "
Synonyms :
have,
2: to give permission to;
* e.g., " ... a boarding school that does not allow students to go on weekend trips without written permission "
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[Verb] | "allow (for)"
1: to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies);
* e.g., " ... budget your time to allow for the possibility of unexpected problems "
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[Verb] | "allow (of)"
1: to make possible especially to the exclusion of other possibilities;
* e.g., " ... I'm afraid the problem doesn't allow of any other solution "
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[ "allow" ]
1: To say A-LLOW means eitha forget that or hell naw.
* e.g., ... ''shall we go and see wat dion and letesha are doin?''
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[ "allow" ]
1: -Let it be
* e.g., ... -"Allow that bitch, she's rough!"
[ "allow" ]
2: -Forget about it
* e.g., ... -"Want some next blast of this Bells, blud? Nah... allow that man, that shit's harsh!"
[ "allow" ]
3: -Don't let it trouble you
* e.g., ... - "Come we go Wetherspoons, last place open round these ends at this time. init!" -"Allow that! That fucking place is full of old ropey, haggard cunts.
[ "allow" ]
4: -Don't even think about it
[ "allow" ]
5: -Fuck that shit
[ "allow" ]
6: -Don't bother with it
[ "allow" ]
7: -Not now, some other time
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[ "allow" ]
1: stop, don't do that, no
* e.g., ... allow drugs
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[ "allow" ]
1: To let it be. In other word, no.
* e.g., ... - Any one up for some herpes?
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[ "allow" ]
1: to leave alone
* e.g., ... "ey come we jack that little neek there"
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[ "allow" ]
1: To disagree, or to say no
* e.g., ... Allow going to the movies its gonna be lint!
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[ "allow" ]
1: To permit participation; to commend
* e.g., ... 1: I just got me a share bag of Dorritos!
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[ "allow it" ]
1: "allow it" means to just leave something alone, or don't worry about it. People in West London say this quite often.
* e.g., ... Ahmed: Wanna walk to the station?
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[ "Allow That" ]
1: Many people have said that this word means 'leave it out' or 'don't bother'. We it does mean this but it is also used as a sign of agreement to a situation.
* e.g., ... Jim: Mate have u got dat new playstation game where ya like kill people
[ "Allow That" ]
2: It largely depends on the tone
* e.g., ... Ben: Yeah mate allow that (pulls off a whip)
[ "Allow That" ]
3: So it can either mean 'fuck that', 'can't be arsed' or on the other had 'yeah mate', 'lets have some of that'
* e.g., ... OR
[ "Allow That" ]
4: If said in the negative term it would be said with a lowering in the pitch of voice towards the end of the phrase, if however said in the positive it would be said with a rise in the pitch of the voice towards the end of the phrase.
* e.g., ... Benson: You know we gotta be up at 6am tomorrow!!!
[ "Allow That" ]
5: As well as this in the positive it is accompanied by the whip thing chavs do on the 'that'
* e.g., ... Hedges: Allow that
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[ "allowance" ]
1: what all you wannabe thugs are living off of.
* e.g., ... I can't buy a sac today because my dad grounded me and took my allowance.
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