“allowance for”

The following 3 entries include the term allowance for.

make allowance for

idiom

: to think about or plan for (something that will or might happen in the future)

make no allowance for

idiom

: to fail to consider (something) when one makes a calculation

make some allowance for

idiom

: to consider (something that causes one to judge less harshly) when making a judgment


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