Allow
Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
Head off
Head off verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
Usage example: if we act quickly, we may still be able to head off disaster
Both terms in one sentence
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And then there's the Tzimizce monsters that have a "bite your head off" instakill move as a standard attack... Corrupt the Cutie: Christof, if you allow it.
- Luckily, FTL communications and sensors allow humans to head off the beam and set up a "net" to catch it before it hits the planet.
Source: Magical Particle Accelerator -
Discussed in Cryptonomicon: a World War II special forces unit, members of whom know too much to allow themselves to be captured, receives instruction in the correct way to blow your head off with your general issue sidearm.
Source: Ate His Gun
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Head off or Allow. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/head_off.
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