- doesn't allow people to smoke in his home
- allow the dog to roam
- allow an hour for lunch
- allow a gallon for leakage
- evidence that allows of only one conclusion
- a plan that allows for expansion
a religion that does not allow divorce
They don't allow smoking in this hotel.
I want to change my schedule, but my boss won't allow it.
My boss wouldn't allow me to change my schedule.
They don't allow people to smoke in this hotel.
Women were not allowed in the club.
The hospital doesn't allow visitors after 8 p.m.
Her schedule doesn't allow her any time to run errands.
The system allows you to transfer data easily from one computer to another.
Occasional gaps allow passage through the mountains.
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acknowledge, admit, agree, concede, confess, fess (up), grant, own (up to);
deny;
disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown;
contradict, dispute, gainsay, negate, negative;
rebut, refute, reject, repudiate;
conceal, cover (up), hide, obscure, veil;
affirm, avow, confirm, profess;
announce, break, broadcast, communicate, declare, disclose, divulge, impart, proclaim, publish, reveal, spill, tell, unveil;
betray, blab, expose, give away, inform, leak, rat, squeal, talk, tattle, tip (off), warn, wise (up);
come clean (about);
: to permit (something) : to regard or treat (something) as acceptable
: to permit (someone) to have or do something
: to permit (someone) to go or come in, out, etc.
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