Allow and Hand over

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

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

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Hand over verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.

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Allow and hand over are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Hand over".

The best magic spells (which allow freezing and leeching hitpoints) allow really good mages to still have the upper hand over warriors, but it takes a lot of skill.

Source: Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards
The remaining Warriors have to choose to either hand over Aelita to XANA (which would result in her death and eventually the potential deaths/enslavement of the world) or allow XANA to "liquidate" Odd and Yumi.

Source: Sadistic Choice / Western Animation
Then Kirk disappears into a temporal anomaly, a Klingon warship shows up, and Starfleet regulations won't allow McCoy to hand over command to any line officer until relieved by Kirk or Federation brass.

Source: You Are in Command Now

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