Allow and Short

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

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

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Short verb - To rob by the use of trickery or threats.

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Allow and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Short".

Matoba finally makes clear that their spreading of otaku culture was nothing short of an invasion to allow the Japanese government to monopolize Eldant's resources.

Source: Light Novel / Outbreak Company
Similarly, many games have "money tricks" that allow you to make loads of money in a short period of time.

Source: Franchise / Harvest Moon
In short, the "choice" was "allow these two psychopaths to work towards their ultimate goal", or "kill them and let the psychopath that spawned them to work towards the same goal."

Source: Morton's Fork

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