Allow
Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
Protest
Protest verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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It was possessed by its designer so he could protest his parents' decision not to allow him to get a healthy body via cyborgization.
Source: Spider Tank -
The series does this when Larry started a protest because the school wouldn't allow gay couples (like his best friend Kenny and Dylan) to a school dance.
Source: Mistaken for Gay - Your dialogue options allow them to protest this and act as if they are still a slayer until the slayer commander and their slayer buddies attack the main character.
Source: Hunter of His Own Kind
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Protest and Allow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/protest
Allow & Protest. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/protest>.
Protest or Allow. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/allow/protest.
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