Allow
Foster
Foster verb - To help the growth or development of.
Common collocations
| ability | allow ability | foster ability |
| life | allow life | foster life |
| number | allow number | foster number |
| light | allow light | foster light |
| Other words: communication. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Briar might count too, simply because his foster-sister Sandry, an avid seamstress, wouldn't allow him to leave the house in any other mode of dress.
Source: Sharp-Dressed Man -
Dramatic Irony: Sam tells Suzy how he feels at home with his latest foster family, unaware that they have already decided Sam is too much to handle and will not allow him to come back to them.
Source: Film / Moonrise Kingdom - Chassis, the 17-year-old daughter of Charles Foster McBain, one of the Aero-run founders, desperately wants to be a rocket racer but her father won't allow it.
Source: Comic Book / Chassis
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