Allow for
Allow for verb - To give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies).
Make up for and allow for are semantically related in counterbalance topic. In some cases you can use "Make up for" instead a verb "Allow for".
Make up for
Make up for verb - To balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective.
Allow for and make up for are semantically related in counterbalance topic. Sometimes you can use "Allow for" instead a verb "Make up for".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- The subsequent Doctors refuse to acknowledge this incarnation for centuries afterward, until the events of "The Day of the Doctor" allow for a happier outcome to the Time War — which still doesn't make up for the Eighth Doctor's miserable descent into despair.
Source: Downer Ending / Other
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