Allow
Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
Hand
Hand verb - To put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Brett's The Warded Man (and sequels), has magical wards tattooed over most of his body, they allow him to fight and kill corelings hand-to-hand.
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In fact, a technology that would allow momentum deconservation would go hand in hand with perpetual motion and therefore be a sort of holy-grail omega technology.
Source: Video Game / Ascendancy -
A Warp Drive, on the other hand, usually does not allow the same escape option; we may get a Stern Chase, instead.
Source: Faster-Than-Light Travel
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