Allow and Sink

Allow

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

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

Nearby Words: allowance, allowable, allowing

Sink verb - To become worse or of less value.

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Allow and sink are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allow" instead a verb "Sink".

Nearby Words: sinking, sinker

power	allow power	sink power
life	allow life	sink life
people	allow people	sink people
control	allow control	sink control
Other words: chance, time, way, world, damage, points.

Both of Heather's "teammates" in Total Drama Island eventually abandon her... though her near Contractual Immortality doesn't allow them to sink her or survive much longer after the revelation.

Source: Backstabbing the Alpha Bitch
This includes even bridges, which should allow you to drive on them, but instead you just sink into them and drive on the bottom of the dry lake.

Source: Video Game / Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing
It's the same thing with earlier games and having the boots allow you to sink in water and walk on the bottom, but once you take them off, you're magically lighter.

Source: Hollywood Magnetism

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