Allow
Allow verb - To give permission for or to approve of.
Vest
Vest verb - To give official or legal power to.
Usage example: “By the power vested in me by the state,” intoned the minister, “I now pronounce that you are married”
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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A bulletproof vest, some blood packs and a bit of Playing Possum allow him to live through his encounter with the hitman sent after him.
Source: Fan Fic / The Second Try -
In one scene he's removed his shirt and vest to allow Ella to put a bandage on his arm, leaving him in nothing but leather pants.
Source: Film / Ella Enchanted -
When Dooley performs his Heroic Sacrifice while wearing the vest that is about to explode, he uses a borrowed gun to shoot out the office window to allow him to jump through them, exploding in the street.
Source: Series / Agent Carter
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