Allow
Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
Meet
Meet verb - To put up with (something painful or difficult).
Usage example: trying to meet the challenge of going to college while working at a full-time job
Nearby Word: meeting
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- However, as soon as they're outside the city, they go on all kinds of adventures, sometimes abandoning common sense to allow these adventures to happen, like in one episode, they meet a man who says he'll take them to his city, but they have to abandon their vehicle and weapons.
Source: Motive Decay / Live-Action TV -
Interdimensional Travel Device: The doors that allow the characters to travel between different timelines and alternate universes, including one in which they meet Stephen King.
Source: Franchise / The Dark Tower -
He sent Shrek to rescue Fiona, which messes up his own plan by allowing Fiona to meet her true love that would break the curse and allow Donkey to meet Dragon, who helps Shrek and Donkey stop his wedding and eats Farquaad.
Source: Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
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