Allow and Back

Allow

Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.

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Back and allow are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Back" instead a verb "Allow".

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Back verb - To promote the interests or cause of.

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Allow and back are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Back".

Nearby Words: backward, backing, backed, backside, backwards

attack	allow attack	back attack
man	allow man	back man
people	allow people	back people
amount	allow amount	back amount
Other words: number, anyone, player.

Hanging by the Fingers: The "killer" gargoyle leaves him like this only to step back and allow him to recover.

Source: Film / I, Frankenstein
In other words, if Yang's life is ever threatened again, Raven will sit back and allow her own kid to die.

Source: Blue And Orange Morality / Web Original
Of course, seeing as they are his creations, the Catalyst is basically saying that the war occurs because organic civilizations refuse to sit back and allow themselves to be annihilated.

Source: Appeal to Inherent Nature

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Back and Allow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/back

Allow & Back. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/back>.

Back or Allow. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/back.

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