Allow
Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
Back down
Back down verb - To break a promise or agreement.
Both terms in one sentence
- He is even gentlemanly enough to personally offer Sherlock a chance to back down and allow Sherlock to write a letter to Watson before the final fight over Reichenbach Falls.
Source: Gentleman and a Scholar -
Mama Bear: When The Stork tries to take Lambert back, his mother attacks the stork, causing him to back down and allow her to raise the lion as her own.
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The Third Division manager explicitly wants them to back down and allow the satellite to get destroyed, but Hachimaki decides to do it anyway, even more so after he hears about all the protesting of destroying it.
Source: Manga / Planetes
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